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    IMTS Day 2: Big Tech Says ‘We Love Manufacturing’

    Sept. 10, 2024
    Google, Microsoft and Amazon make a big splash at IMTS 2024, a show traditionally populated by ‘big iron’ tool makers.
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    How 3D Printing Fits into Manufacturing, For Real

    Oct. 9, 2024
    It’s time to stop talking about what additive manufacturing *could* do for large manufacturers and focus on successful production deployments.
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    Can Smaller Manufacturers Deploy AI Effectively?

    Sept. 27, 2024
    It’s all well and good for large enterprises to use AI for decision-making but what about smaller businesses without huge IT departments?
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    CEOs Should Use Data, Not Clean It

    Sept. 20, 2024
    Manufacturing leaders have better things to do than correlate data to find patterns that guide improvement. Let automation do the work.
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    Supply Chain Management Is Overdue for an Upgrade

    Sept. 12, 2024
    More variables and increased complexity require new kinds of attention and expertise.

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    Automation's Ultimate Test, Work Stoppage Derailed and Ford Calls a Delay: IW's Weekly Reads

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    Additive Manufacturing Merger Craze Doesn’t Add Up to Big Payouts

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    With market valuations for the technology plunging, additive manufacturing equipment makers continue to try to merge and consolidate their industry for smaller and smaller dollar...
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    IndustryWeek editors cover that story and why no one seems to be using AI right, popular ways to ingest nicotine and several developments in the battery world.
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    What’s the Best Way to Bring AI Into Engineering?

    Aug. 26, 2024
    Not all use cases are created equal.