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At Plant Tour, Amway Details its High-Performance Workforce Initiative
In 1979, McDonald’s launched the Happy Meal, ESPN hit the airwaves for the first time, and...
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Developing Pride in Making Things
Missy Rogers, President and CEO of Noble Plastics, believes schools need to connect education and employment more effectively today and develop more pride in making things again.
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Creating a Smarter Future
Winner of the MLC’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, Jim Davis believes a deeper grasp of data context, better ways to combat complexity, and a more broadly embraced industrial culture of collaboration and innovation are essential to manufacturing’s future.
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Transformative Technologies
Advanced tech can be complex and confusing but inaction isn’t a cure.
As Dr. Seuss wrote in The Lorax, “It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.” Today, the good doctor’s thought could be applied…
Transformative Technologies: A Foggy Present, A Brighter Future
The Manufacturing Leadership Council’s latest survey on Manufacturing 4.0 technologies shows high expectations for a range of advanced technologies including AI and Big Data, but a fragmented approach to implementation and strategy.
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Driving Competitive Advantage Through Transformative Technologies
Working with a consortium of multinational
manufacturers, the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. is developing an assessment framework to help…
Starting on the Right Foot
The digital transformation of manufacturing isn’t easy. But the right selection of technologies coupled with smart implementation strategies can enable manufacturers to realize the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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The Case of the Missing Insights
Manufacturers can build on Ideas from Sherlock Holmes to derive value from data using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
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Transforming People Tech is Critical for M4.0
Digital Human Capital Management platforms for
managing and transforming your workforce are not always on the radar of manufacturing executives, but they’re critical to bringing your people along during your M4.0 journey.
The Importance of Securing Industrial IoT Ecosystems
Manufacturers need to up their game in protecting the data from increasingly connected plant floor...
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