[vc_row row_type="row" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]You’ve probably heard of an increasingly popular material called solid surface, which is becoming a design standard among designers and architects for intensive use and hygienic environments beyond just countertops. But what is solid surface, really?The composition and performance qualities of solid...
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Like to skip ahead in articles? Jump to the sections that interest you most:Industrial Revolution 1.0: Machines Industrial Revolution 2.0: Modern factoriesIndustrial Revolution 3.0: The digital revolutionManufacturing 3.0 Mindset: what's different?Mass customization case study: the WedgeWords like "manufacturing" or "production line" naturally bring to mind...
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"The details are not the details. They make the design." - Charles EamesFine details such as a photo on a restaurant menu, a green “download here” button on a website or the order products are placed in a store aisle can greatly influence our behavior.Small...
Read MoreAt Shield, we firmly believe that healing environments deserve sustainable and safe material. We believe that whatever isn’t good enough for countertops certainly isn’t good enough for the rest of the casework system. Shield is here, and laminate is history. For the past 50 years,...
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An interesting article was recently published in Healthcare Finance News that talks about how designing hospitals with sustainable materials and a proper workflow in mind leads to better ROI, or return on investment. This is highly applicable to hospitals furniture, especially casework. By thinking about the...
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Lean manufacturing is the process of maximizing customer value, while eliminating waste, both material waste and wasted motion (labor). The idea was derived from the Toyota Production System (TPS) and is now universally adopted. At Shield, we embrace lean thinking in manufacturing. We are...
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Among the leading causes of preventable deaths are Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs), which are infections patients contract while receiving medical or surgical treatment. Whether from cross-contamination or unsanitary spaces, patients in healthcare facilities risk further sickness as a result of germs and bacteria spread in hospitals....
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