M.G. Bryan teams up with Rockwell Automation and Microsoft Corp. to provide real-time access to equipment in the field, which could save the industry millions in losses and damages....More
Rockwell Automation aims to build smarter manufacturing systems that help companies focus on what they produce, not how they piece together technology....More
In industry I've witnessed a dramatic shift in how business leaders view supply chain management and growing importance placed on the supplier management function. The role of managing the supply base has become so much more than simply sourcing a part and placing orders. In a highly outsourced and globalized world, managing suppliers often means managing a significant portion of a company's overall business. To better elaborate the point I refer to the changing role of supplier management as a shift from buyer to business manager....More
It’s that time of year again, when analyst firm Gartner reveals the winners of its supply chain popularity contest, and once again, not surprisingly, the most popular company in the world is also the Top Supply Chain: Apple. This despite the fact that ......More
It seems to me that most people would agree with the following statement: "Small businesses are the job growth engine in this country." You've probably heard it in the office, at the ballpark, or on the nightly news broadcast. It’s accepted as common ......More
The combined businesses will become the number one global company in generic dermatology medicines, with annual global sales of nearly $620 million....More
Foreign direct investment into China fell 2.8% year-on-year to $29.48 billion in the first three months of 2012, according to the official China Daily....More
Dialogue introducing new forecasting study on what the economy might look like in 2025 with a manufacturing resurgence. Video from the Aspen Institute....More
Manufacturing makes America strong. It makes families and communities strong. It provides national security. It gives us energy security. And for the 12 million men and women who work in manufacturing, it gives us pride....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingComputers.com demonstrates how Big Data is transforming the business and industrial worlds and enabling new technologies and new breakthroughs that will help manufacturers work more efficiently than ever before....More
Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingTheFuture.com illustrates the inner workings of additive manufacturing machines and provides some real-life examples of how 3-D printing technology could dramatically change the manufacturing and retail industries as we know them today....More
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab break down the engineering and design challenges they faced during the Curiosity rover's complicated landing near the Martian equator on Aug. 5, 2012....More
