Plant Tours In The 21st Century: How Manufacturing Executives Can Stay Connected
Part three of a six-part blog series based on my 30+ years’ experience collaborating on innovation with complex, discrete machinery manufacturers. Previously, I discussed how a supply chain planning...
View ArticleTracking Fish From ‘Bait to Plate’ Is Smart Business
Do you know where the canned tuna you are eating for dinner came from? There is a 60% chance it comes from the Pacific Ocean. And according to recent findings by the Business & Human Rights...
View ArticlePlant Tours In The 21st Century: How Procurement Executives Can Stay Connected
Part four of a six-part blog series based on 30+ years’ experience collaborating on innovation with complex, discrete machinery manufacturers. In the third blog in this series, I discussed how...
View ArticleDigital Twins: Revolutionizing R&D And Enabling Next-Generation Value Chains
Companies have been digitizing products, processes, and equipment for a long time. The concept of a digital replica, or twin, of a physical object, has been around in product engineering for decades....
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A New Digital Era With Services And Content Packages
In today’s era of digitization, companies are looking for innovative digital strategies to manage assets and provide value-added services to their business partner network. For manufacturers and...
View ArticlePlant Tours In The 21st Century: How Human Resources Leaders Can Stay Connected
Part five of a six-part blog series based on my 30+ years’ experience collaborating on innovation with complex, discrete machinery manufacturers. In my last blog, I discussed how best-run businesses...
View ArticleGoodbye Spreadsheets, Hello Industry 4.0: Continental Standardizes...
Continental is one of the world’s largest producers of automotive components for passenger and commercial vehicles. The company develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and...
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Building A Supply Chain Strategy For Industry 4.0
Tech Unknown | Episode 5 Featuring guest Gary Mintchell and host Tamara McCleary Subscribe Now: Apple Podcasts|Stitcher|Google Play “I look at the Industrial Internet of Things as this whole system...
View ArticleDesign To Operate: Innovation Starts With Design
Part 1 in a 5-part series on “Design-to-Operate with the Digital Supply Chain.” This blog kicks off a 5-part series on the design-to-operate (D2O) lifecycle. Each blog will take up one phase of the...
View ArticleResolving Key Manufacturing Challenges With Process Optimization
Part 1 in the “UK Manufacturing” series, which explores how companies in this sector can harness technology to conquer adversity. The UK manufacturing sector continues to grow, even in these uncertain...
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Streamlining The Factory Floor With Failure Mode Analytics
Learning from failures is an important part of moving forward in any industry, job, or project. It’s no different in the manufacturing environment, where various equipment failures can provide...
View ArticleDesign To Operate: Manufacturing For Empowered Customers
Part 3 in a 5-part series on Design-to-Operate with the Digital Supply Chain In this blog series, we’re looking at the design-to-operate (D2O) product lifecycle, which spans the phases of design, plan,...
View ArticleDesign To Operate: Integrated Processes For Better Operations And Maintenance
Part 5 in a 5-part series “Design-to-Operate with the Digital Supply Chain” This blog series looks at the design-to-operate (D2O) product lifecycle, which spans the phases of design, plan, manufacture,...
View ArticleHow Enterprises Are Using IoT To Improve Business
Connectivity among people, things, and businesses is increasing exponentially. Enabling flexible connectivity and data exchange between billions of assets and processes represents a tremendous...
View ArticleVinyl Marketing: Can Vinyl Records Also Be Green?
Did you know that August 12th was National Vinyl Record Day? It seems that every music store, festival, and concert you go to, there are bands that offer merchandising materials like CDs, T-shirts, and...
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Managing Complex Supply Chains With Automation And Innovation
Part 2 in the “UK Manufacturing” series, which explores how companies in this sector can harness technology to conquer adversity. If you were asked, “what do you feel is the biggest threat to...
View ArticleWhat Is The Amazon (Fire) Effect On Our Environment And Businesses?
Every time I click on the news, I see a new report on the fires in the Amazon. This is not a new phenomenon this year, since July and August are the beginning of the dry season. However, the sheer...
View ArticleIntelligently Manage Assets With Custom Analysis Apps
In the modern world of digitization, manufacturers and operators managing assets must be able to bring their home-grown industrial processes into the cloud to complement the solutions they purchase...
View ArticleIndustry 4.0: It Takes A Village
Industry 4.0 promises to create the Fourth Industrial Revolution and digitally transform manufacturing in discrete and process industries. Depending on who you talk to, Industry 4.0 has been touted as...
View ArticleSustainable Design: The Key To Unlocking A Sustainable Future
As a millennial who is studying for a master’s degree, I still have much to look forward to. But, as 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg recently asked: “Why should I be studying for a future...
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