The aim is to make factories more productive, less costly to operate, and more reliable (WSJ – Christopher Mims: 11-13-16) Here’s a paradox of America’s highly automated, increasingly labor-independent manufacturing Read More
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NIST Helps Small Businesses Improve Cybersecurity
NIST provides guidance to help small businesses secure their data and information in the new publication. (NIST – Evelyn Brown: 11-10-16) Small-business owners may think that they are too small Read More
International Markets Growing Source of Revenue for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Over the next five years, more than three-quarters of companies surveyed anticipate their revenue from global sales to increase by about 30% on average. (MH&L – Staff: 11-8-16) A recent survey Read More
No-Cost Energy Assessments for Small to Midsized Manufacturers
Save Money Through Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Strategies IMC, in partnership with PennTAP, is providing free energy assessments for manufacturers to reduce pollution, improve energy efficiency and decrease greenhouse 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
