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Manufacturing in America – Turning the Corner
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What does manufacturing mean to America? While there may be no quantitative right answer to that question, in my opinion, manufacturing is the creation of new jobs, the empowering of individuals, and teamwork that helps make dreams a reality. Manufacturing has long been wrongly perceived as a dirt and grime industry that lacks the appeal […]
Cisco At Hannover Messe 2014
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Hannover Messe is once again upon us. The world's premier industrial technical showcase will be held in Hannover, Germany from April 7-11, 2014. Last year's faire had a clear focus...
Attending The Automation Conference Should be an Automatic Decision
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Last week, I got a great response to a blog on ‘Making Smarter Manufacturing and IoT a Reality Today’, where I illustrated some use-case business scenarios and strategies to leverage the IoT industry trends now. One way savvy manufacturers, industrial companies and supply chain and operations teams stay current with evolving trends like IoT is […]
Technology- The Paintbrush Enabling the New Manufacturing Renaissance
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Welcome to the New Manufacturing Renaissance driven by a collage of sensors, robots, servers, clouds, tablets, machines, people and …things. The Internet of Everything (IoE) is serving as the canvas that connects and integrates all those “things.” Over the last few years we have been inundated by industry pundits and scholars predicting the efficiency gains, […]
The Internet of Everything for Manufacturers: ARC Industry Forum 2014 Highlights
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In December, I blogged about Predictions 2014: Wager on the Internet of Everything (IoE) for the Manufacturing Industry. In terms of thought and verbal capital, investments in IoE/IoT (Internet of Things) are proliferating from top of mind to tip of tongue across industry analysts, pundits, press and producers alike. Just last week, I joined a […]
Integration and Customization in Manufacturing: Some Exciting Trends
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Recently I wrote about a few real life examples of IDC Manufacturing Insights 2014 Predictions: Worldwide Manufacturing and their Top 10 predictions in two parts. They can be found: Part 1 and Part 2. I wanted to continue with this and wrap up the discussions with some additional examples. Hopefully, this helps illustrate what is […]
More Reactions to IDC’s 2014 Manufacturing Predictions- Supply Chains and B2B Commerce
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Recently I wrote about a few real life examples of IDC Manufacturing Insights 2014 Predictions: Worldwide Manufacturing and their Top 10 predictions. I wanted to continue with some more examples to illustrate what is happening now and hopefully help you see some real life examples that are already taking place. To follow up with IDC’s […]
IoE and KFC – The Possibilities are Endless
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Well, 2013 was a whirlwind and the first month of 2014 has flown by with hypersonic speed. We are definitely living in very unique and interesting times. As I reflect on the past year, one obvious theme or revelation always comes to the forefront…..technology and the use of it is the common fabric that enables […]
3D Value Chains: Real Life Observations
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Recently my colleague Chet Namboodri in his blog “Predictions 2014: Wager on the Internet of Everything” did a great level set on predictions for 2014 Manufacturing trends. I want to add some additional comments on what I have been observing in the field and with our customers today. The first IDC prediction described 3D value […]