M4.0 Cultures


Dialogue with Vicki Holt

Accelerated innovation driven by digital transformation can solve some of the world’s greatest challenges, believes retiring MLC Board Member & Protolabs CEO, Vicki Holt.

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COVID-19: A Catalyst for M4.0 Culture

The pandemic has spurred a paradigm shift in cultural transformation as manufacturing companies accelerate digital adoption, collaboration, innovation, and integration.

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Article : ML Journal April 2021

Unlocking the Value of M4.0

March 30, 2021

Deliberately shifting culture through practical behavior changes is the key to more agile and sustainable manufacturing.

Article : ML Journal April 2021

6 Pillars of Successful M4.0 Execution

March 30, 2021

To successfully adapt to change, including big disruptions like the pandemic, manufacturers need to embrace a set of technologies that enable changes to business operations quickly and to innovate for changing times.

Article : ML Journal April 2021

M4.0 Integration Essentials

March 30, 2021

Lean principles led to standardized performance, but digital performance systems are their high-powered successor.

Article : ML Journal April 2021

Rewarding a Culture of Continuous Learning

March 30, 2021

It’s time manufacturing companies rethink how they create a learning culture to develop, manage, and support their workers in the digital age.

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Manufacturing Cyber Security: MxD’s Protection Framework

February 25, 2021

As manufacturers accelerate the deployment of digital technologies to modernize and interconnect their facilities and supply chains, they also open up new risks for cyber-attacks, stressed Chandra Brown, CEO of MxD, during a recent virtual plant tour for Manufacturing Leadership…

Article : ML Journal April 2021

POV: M4.0 Cultures

March 30, 2021

COVID-19 has provided an extraordinary impetus to the transformation of M4.0 cultures.


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