5 Avoidable Quality Control Issues in Heat Treating July 20, 2021 To drive consistent and sustainable yield, you must create a seamless workflow and understand the role that it plays in throughput, yield, energy, and quality control issues. Click here to read our article as featured in Heat Treat Today. Four New Modules for Better Work Order Control and General Business Management March 25, 2021 Delafield, WI – March 25, 2021 – Throughput Consulting Inc., a leading Manufacturing Execution and Quality Management System software provider, releases four new modules complementing their existing (25) modular suite of products for Additive Manufacturing company-wide efficiency and management. “Many times, our customers drive our innovation as their expectations increase with our software. This is the case with our four new module additions. Our customers and their teams prefer to work in an all-inclusive software solution for better agility and integration into their workflows. Much of the additional functionality we have developed over the past ten years is a direct result of listening to our customers,” says Ron Beltz, Director of Strategic Accounts. New Modules and Functionality OPERATION PROPERTIES – Production Control/Job Tracking VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY (VMI) – General Business Management SURVEY – Customer Management MARKETING and eMAIL CAMPAIGN – Customer Management Congratulations Todd Wenzel-CEO of Bluestreak I Bright AM™ February 3, 2021 30 Most Influential People in The North American Heat Treating Industry 2021.  Click here to read our article Bluestreak I Bright AM-A Pioneer in Additive Manufacturing Production Control and Quality Management December 18, 2019 Addressing the unique requirements of the AM industry is Throughput Consulting’s Bluestreak | Bright AM™, an MES/QMS solution that mitigates the challenges of AM production facilities. Click here to read the article. The Relationship Between Heat Treatment and 3D Printing November 5, 2019 Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a disruptive technology trend that is continuing to influence the future of the manufacturing industry and will continue to provide additional opportunities for heat treaters going forward. The global market for 3D printing and directly related services is continuing to have significant growth each year. The 2019 Wohlers Report (which draws upon the expertise of 80 authors and contributors located in 32 countries) forecasts for 2020 $15.8 billion for all AM products and services worldwide and expects that revenue forecast to climb to $23.9 billion in 2022, and $35.6 billion in 2024.  Click here to read article. Bluestreak I Bright AM™ and America Makes Team Up for Informative Webinar September 11, 2019. September 17, 2019 Todd Wenzel, President of Bluestreak I Bright AM™, presents an educational webinar for America Makes members and guests entitled-Additive Manufacturing Production Work Order & Process Management Best Practices.”  Click here to view the recording. Additive Manufacturing Magazine Interviews Bluestreak™ – Track Additive Workflow Operations ​September 11, 2018 Print, inspect and fabricate quality parts faster, with better control and less rework/scrap with Bluestreak™. Click here to read article. Bluestreak, Super Systems Inc., and Schneider Electric’s Eurotherm, Collaborate on Building an Interface to Furnace/Atmosphere Controls with BlueCharts September 11, 2018 The beauty of this type of connection and integration with data generated by SSi and Eurotherm is that the information is immediately available to Bluestreak™ users on the production floor, in one place, and much easier than having to log into a different system to see the information/charts. Click here to read article.  Learn more about Bluestreak I BlueCharts™.  It’s All About Data Control… and the Root of the Issue of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is Data Control August 16, 2018 You can’t hope to operate an efficient and successful business without impeccable data control. It is crucial for the right people to be able to access the right reliable data at the right time. Whether your business is large or small, there are several advantages of implementing MES, with or without integration to an ERP system. Click here to read article. Click here to read article. Powder Coated Tough Magazine Interviews J.I.T. Powder Coating & Bluestreak™ March 23, 2018 Powder Coated Tough Magazine is the flagship publication of Powder Coating Institute, a non-profit organization working to advance the utilization of powder coating as an economical, non-polluting, and high-quality finish for industrial and consumer products.  Click here to read article. ​