The world is bloated with inventory that’s in the wrong places at the wrong time. The result is lower levels of customer service, working capital held hostage and lower operating margins for everyone across the trading network....More
The manufacturing sector showed slight improvement in the latest quarterly Survey on the Business Outlook from the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI). The research group said the data "imply that the manufacturing sector is holding its own in uncertain economic times."...More
Google was in the firing line again on Tuesday after a group of major companies, including Microsoft and Oracle, complained to the European Commission over Google's offerings for Android-powered mobile phones....More
Drew Greenblatt can find his products easily on the internet. There are 20 companies in India, he says, that have pictures of his products on their sites for sale....More
Concern over new cyber threats brings the stalled Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act back for a vote -- but this time with key concessions to privacy and civil liberties activists....More
The ability to gain a single unified view into the performance of millions of pieces of equipment and leverage the context and intelligence of a global network of expert commentary enables a new level of business success....More
By 2020, Volvo (IW 1000/100) is shooting for a perfect record: zero accidents, zero deaths and zero injuries in any of its cars. To help it accomplish that modest goal, the company has turned to data....More
Discover how Verizon Manufacturing Solutions are energizing the industry with innovations from the back office to the shop floor, connecting systems into a cohesive platform. Learn More >
Standing before an sPro selective laser sintering system from 3D Systems in the NAMII headquarters, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) explains how Youngstown transformed itself a rust belt relic to the center of the 3-D printing revolution....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, 3-D 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