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5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment

Chris Hohmann

In this video I am sharing the 5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment. You can find these 5 reasons as a blog post, along with many other articles related to strategy deployment and Goal Trees, on my this blog : Leaders, here are 5 good … Continue reading 5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment.

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European Cybersecurity Responsibility, Spending, and Posture

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The new Frost & Sullivan report on “ European Cybersecurity Responsibility, Spending, and Posture ” highlights that 38% of enterprises are spending more on cybersecurity since the pandemic began to bolster their protection levels. That’s to be expected, with many employers allowing staff to work from home, which brings an increased risk of cyberattacks.

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Multilayer Packaging Films: Reducing Complexity Through Higher Performance

Plastics Today

ExxonMobil's new Exceed S performance polyethylene (PE) helps flexible packaging and film converters simplify designs, improve performance, and produce more durable products.

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Galaxy Sivtek

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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No, the year 2021 (despite peaking COVID-19 pandemic) was not the “year of killing paper”

Chris Hohmann

In a November 2020 post, I explored the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting paperless, digitized activities and asked: Will 2021 be the “year of killing paper” ?

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Robin Joffe Appointed as Partner-Managing Director of Frost & Sullivan Middle East, Africa, and South Asia

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Dubai, UAE, May 10, 2022 – With an aim to better serve an increasingly strategic customer segment, Frost & Sullivan has appointed Robin Joffe as Partner-Managing Director of its Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) operations. He brings over 25 years of international business experience in market entry across Asia, the United States, and Europe.

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Complete Guide to IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things)

Machine Metrics

A Resource to Understand Industrial IoT, Explore Valuable Use Cases, and Prepare for Common Challenges. With tighter margins, rising inflation, and more competition than ever before, many companies are undergoing a digital transformation to remain competitive in today’s market.

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Travis Holley Promoted to Machine Safety Services Manager at Polytron, Inc.

Polytron

Duluth, GA – 10 May 2022 – Polytron, Inc., a leading consulting and engineering firm serving manufacturers in North America, is pleased to announce the promotion of Travis Holley, CMSE® to Machine Safety Services Manager, effective immediately. Since earning the elite status of Rockwell Automation’s first North American Machine Safety Solution partner in 2014, Polytron has consistently invested in the TÜV certification of select engineers, like Travis, to meet the growing machine safety needs of

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Cloud Gaming – Driving Further Adoption in the Surging Video Game Market

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Many participants in the global video game market agree that the sector holds an unparalleled amount of growth potential, primarily related to the rising popularity of gaming as a hobby, which is linked to the steady release of exciting new titles, the recent sharp rise in gaming live streaming, and other additional factors. While still showcasing profitable prospects, growth in the global video game market is significantly hampered by the prohibitive costs of gaming hardware and software.

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How to Fix Conveyor Belt Tracking in 3 Easy Steps

Bastian Solution

One of the biggest pain points in the life of a maintenance technician or installer is conveyor belt tracking. Here are a few helpful tips to lookout for and an easy, 3-step process to get your belt running right down the middle.

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Modernizing MES: A Guide for Complex Manufacturers Adapting to Industry 4.0

As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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Cybersecurity and Industry 4.0 – What You Need to Know

NIST

This blog is part one of a series on cybersecurity and Industry 4.0. This morning my favorite local morning news program had an interesting segment on new slang words and what they mean. While the definitions were probably not necessary for Millennials or Generation Z, for Baby Boomers like me it was an eye-opening vocabulary lesson. I must admit I didn’t know what boujee meant, even though I had heard it a few times – like when my niece said the wine glasses I used at Thanksgiving were boujee.

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Five Ways Cobots Can Improve Manufacturer Productivity

Universal Robots

An estimated 2.4 million jobs could go unfilled in the US alone between 2018 and 2028, according to Deloitte. That labor and skills shortage is not limited to the US. It’s being seen across the world as the ‘Baby Boomer’ generation, born between 1946 and 1964, reaches retirement. Their departure from the workforce not only creates a job to fill, but also leaves behind a skills gap.

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First Cars, Now Aftersales: How Tesla’s Vertically Integrated Aftersales Service Delivery Model is Transforming the Automotive Ecosystem

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

This decade will be marked by a decisive shift to electric mobility. Tesla, a prime catalyst in this transformation, is set to unleash further disruption, not just in terms of its trailblazing products but equally because of its unique and unconventional aftersales service delivery model. The company’s vertically integrated aftersales format differs from traditional paradigms on two key counts: one, the absence of third-party intermediaries, and two, its limited reliance on service fixed operati

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The Bullwhip Effect: What Is It and What Causes It?

Seeburger

Let’s start with a question. What is the connection between a bullwhip and a supply chain? It sounds like a joke. After all, what similarities can there be between the cowboys and cattle of the Wild West and the machines and assembly lines of industry? However, they do share something significant. In both worlds, a […].

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Why are cement plants the perfect candidates for Predictive Maintenance?

Infinite Uptime

There are three facts about cement plants that are universally true: . The average machine age in a cement plant is at least 30-40 years. . Finding the right expertise to maintain them consistently is challenging. Every machine – big or small – has the power to bring the whole process to a complete standstill. . . These three facts establish that proactive machine maintenance in cement plants is critical to remain profitable and scale efficiently.

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Draw-wire encoders from SIKO measure position, speed and inclination

Motion Control Tips

SIKO’s PURE.MOBILE series, the SG31 and SG61 wire-actuated encoders, feature a maximum measuring length of 3 to 6 m. Integrating the latest generation of inclinometers, they combine the ability to detect not only position and speed, but also the measured variable of inclination. The two wire-actuated encoders are complemented by the large SG121 and SG150 […].

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Reflections on the GO Circular Conference and New Recycling Initiatives

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

First, it was clear that, despite the commercialisation of new technologies, there is still a significant gap, especially if we want to reach the sustainability goals set for 2050. One of the other options to close this gap is to change consumer behaviour and reduce plastic consumption. In some cases, this is feasible and even desirable. But in other cases, it could mean sacrificing something (a piece of packaging, for example) that actually does an important job, like reducing food waste.

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Your Clothes Can Have an Afterlife

NIST Manufacturing

Only about 15% of used clothes and other textiles in the United States get reused or recycled. The other 85% head straight to the landfill or incinerator. This wastes scarce resources, contributes to climate change and pollutes waterways.

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Mastering Digital Transformation: Your Guide to a Successful MES Implementation

70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.

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Jeff Bezos Wants Manufacturing to Move Off Planet and NASA is Exploring the Possibilities

21st Century Tech

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin believes that to avoid a terrestrial environmental disaster and preserve the planet, we need to move people into outer space and transfer much of our manufacturing capacity there. Unlike Elon Musk who sees a multiplanetary strategy as the means for our species to survive, Bezos sees colonies in near-Earth space as the remedy for what ails the planet.

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Ultra-Compact Interface Wiring System

Omron

The Industry’s Smallest*1 Compact Interface Wiring System to Reduce Work and Save Space on Control Panels. *1.

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How Over-the-Air (OTA) is Establishing Itself as the Foundation of Smart, Secure, and Seamless Vehicle Experience

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Elements from the smartphone industry are disrupting the connected car market. Much like the smartphone industry, evolving user behavior and expectations are underpinning human-machine interface (HMI) driven applications and experiences in the automotive industry. Such innovations have picked up momentum in the aftermath of the pandemic, positively impacting stakeholders across the connected cars spectrum.

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PowerAmerica Receives $5M NIST Cooperative Agreement to Help Native American Communities Better Prepare for Future Pandemics

NIST Manufacturing

PowerAmerica has been awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to help Native American communities better prepare for future disasters and emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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Peloton shares plunge 20% as losses widen and sales guidance cut

The Guardian Manufacturing

Exercise bike maker misses targets, with boss describing turnaround effort as ‘emotionally draining’ Peloton’s share price crashed 20% in early trading after the exercise bike maker missed revenue targets, cut sales guidance and reported a bigger quarterly loss than anticipated, and its boss described turning the company around as “emotionally draining”.

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Raising the bar for manufacturers with Production Health: Augury + Seebo join forces

Seebo Manufacturing

Today, we broke the exciting news that Seebo is joining forces with Augury, the world’s leading Machine Health solution provider, […]. The post Raising the bar for manufacturers with Production Health: Augury + Seebo join forces appeared first on Seebo Blog.

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Emirates’ Order of Boeing Jets Delayed At Least a Year

MBT

The delay pushes back the aircraft’s delivery to 2024, but it could take longer.

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NIST Awards Funding to Strengthen Advanced Manufacturing for Critical and Emerging Technologies

NIST Manufacturing

Each award of up to $300,000 will fund projects to address national priorities such as manufacturing of critical infrastructure.

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5 Ways New Manufacturing Companies Are Accelerating Innovation

Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.

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Ultra-Compact Common Terminal Blocks (For Sensor Power Supply)

Omron

This model is small and ideal for sensor power supply(XW2K-COM)

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Can food manufacturers turn the raw material crisis to their advantage?

Seebo Manufacturing

The current global political crisis is already having a direct impact on the food manufacturing sector, with the prices of […]. The post Can food manufacturers turn the raw material crisis to their advantage? appeared first on Seebo Blog.

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The Manufacturing Industry's Top Influencers

MBT

These people are trying to make a difference in the manufacturing industry.

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Why Are Digital Manufacturing Dashboards Important in Industry 4.0?

Factory Worx

Read Our Blog. Why Are Digital Manufacturing Dashboards Important in Industry 4.0? The goal of Industry 4.0 is to track rapid real-world changes and use them to boost your factory's efficiency and profitability. Naturally, data and manufacturing dashboards are critical aspects of this process. The manufacturing analytics dashboard converts the never-ending data stream from real-time monitoring devices into simple visual displays and actionable insights.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.