Mainspring Insights: Will "robots" take my job?
We have noticed numerous articles written about the general concern that jobs will soon be replaced by robots and automation, but how...
App of the Month: Shipstation
For small online businesses, many find that shipping their products is the biggest hassle of their job. You've created a great product,...
Digital Manufacturing
One of the driving forces behind the Industrial Revolution was to equip factories with the machinery and infrastructure necessary to mass...
App of the Month: TravelBank
TravelBank is the perfect application for small to mid-size enterprises with no expense tracking tool in place, or looking to simplify...
The Importance of Benchmarking
Mainspring Solutions was founded on the idea of improving business processes. It leads to more efficient operations, enhanced...
Logistics in 2018
2018 has brought new pieces to the ever-expanding puzzle that is a company's supply chain. Digitization and consumer desire for mobility...
Mainspring Insights: Boosting Productivity
We all try to work as productive as we can. "Work smart, not hard" many say. However, what does that exactly mean? The New York Times...
Procedural Improvement, then Automation
This photo starts the story; where the two cogs of process and automation meet. A few months ago, we published an article that spoke...
Mainspring Insights: Gamification
Gamification: the application of game mechanics to non-game environments to motivate people and change behavior. For years, the concept...
2018 Budgeting - Strategize & Review
It is that time of year again... The time when you ask yourself, "we have to plan for 2018 already"? Aside from making a clichés remark...
