(Manufacturing Transformation – Jon Wikstrom: 6-30-16) Do your manufacturing processes still rely on analog or paper-based components? Perhaps now is the time to embrace digitization as a strategy? As you Read More
How to Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs
(strategy+business – Daniel Gross: 9-7-16) America has a long-running crisis in manufacturing employment. Quite simply, year after year, the number of people employed in making things declines — the figure Read More
Building the Next-Generation Manufacturing Workforce
(IW – Ed Potoczak: 9-6-16) Manufacturers must do more than promote the “coolness” of today’s technologies. They need to communicate the educational requirements for succeeding in manufacturing careers, so that Read More
Where is Manufacturing Really Going?
A rational explanation of the two divergent views of U.S. manufacturing’s future. (IW – Becky Morgan: 9-7-16) It is true that some U.S. headquartered companies are shutting down operations here Read More
Industry 4.0: The Future of Competitiveness in U.S. Manufacturing
(Reshoring Initiative Blog — Sandy Montalbano D’Amico: 8-20-16) Industry 4.0 is defined as a fourth wave of technological advancement, driven by nine technology advances that will increase manufacturing productivity and Read More
This New GE Factory is a Blueprint for the Future of Manufacturing
The brilliant factory is GE’s new take on how we make things. It involves machines are embedded with sensors and connected to the Industrial Internet. The factory uses GE’s Predix Read More
Companies Bringing Manufacturing Jobs Back to US
(IW – Adrienne Selko: 8-25-16) From January 2010 until July 2016 the Reshoring Initiative estimates that 265,000 jobs have come back to the United States from abroad. The Reshoring Initiative’s Read More
Why Manufacturing Will Make or Break the Future of Energy
Increasingly efficient manufacturing processes are poised to accelerate commercialization of clean technologies. (GreenBiz – Lauren Hepler: 8-23-16) From solar panels a decade ago to energy storage today, the history of Read More
Why Manufacturing Education Needs to Advance, Just Like You Have
Stuck in the Industrial Age, skills training doesn’t place enough emphasis on smart, connected product manufacturing, advanced material development and digital design integration. (IW – Randy Swearer: 8-23-16) If you’ve read the Read More
‘Smart Operations’ New Key to Manufacturing Excellence
Smart operations use pervasive data collection, advanced analytics, technology investments and deeper collaboration with partners to prepare their value streams for the next industrial revolution. (MH&L – Staff: 8-15-16) Over Read More
