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Protecting the digital manufacturing supply chain while promoting innovation

Control Engineering

Manufacturing Supply Chain Insights. Manufacturing is the No. Many small and midsized manufacturers assume their limited profile shields them from being targeted in cyberattacks, the opposite is often true thanks to the supply chain. Given the interconnectedness of global manufacturing, cybersecurity can be a massive challenge.

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Five lessons manufacturing operations can learn from enterprise IT teams

Cisco Industrial Automation

Digital manufacturing stresses factory networks in ways their designers never dreamed of. You might be pulling ahead of competitors using cloud applications like predictive maintenance or “digital twins” that simulate the effects of changes. By some accounts, manufacturing was the most attacked industry in 2021.

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3D Printing in Medical Devices: Leveraging a Digital Manufacturing Partner

iBASEt

From one-of-a-kind human joints to mass-produced customized prosthetics, 3D printing could revolutionize medical device manufacturing. And why do manufacturers need digital tools like a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to be successful? What makes 3D printing so different? The Advantages of Additive.

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Generative AI Industrial Copilots to Deliver Contextual Intelligence

Gary Mintchell

The three role-based copilots—Plant Performance Copilot, Digital Manufacturing Copilot, and the Connected Worker Copilot—provide enhanced human-like interaction so workers can get beyond standard data analytics and analysis to understand what happened, why, and more importantly, anticipate future events.

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How to Drive a Manufacturing “Culture of Quality”

iBASEt

Virtually every manufacturer today views quality as a key success metric. To activate this culture of quality across all functions, it’s essential to leverage digital manufacturing technology that integrates and enforces quality management throughout the manufacturing process, and even beyond the four walls of the factory.

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Mastering Manufacturing: Top leadership skills for Industry 4.0 success

Manufacturer's Monthly

If you want to run a successful manufacturing business, you need the right leadership skills, this piece from Don Holley at RSM explores leadership in manufacturing. Global changes are reshaping the manufacturing industry. As these trends reshape the industry, it is changing the way manufacturing businesses operate.

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ESAB Partners with EWI to Develop Innovative Solutions for Arc-DED Additive Manufacturing and Saw Processes

Fabricating & Metal Work

“Using advanced pulsed-GMAW equipment, EWI can work with end users to develop custom waveforms for the arc DED and the alloys associated with additive manufacturing,” says Michael Carney, Senior Engineer at EWI. It is faster than other methods of additive manufacturing, extremely accurate, and can fabricate large-scale parts.