How can companies use artificial intelligence technology?

Artificial intelligence technology is about collecting vast amounts of data from devices around the world and making sense out of it. Data is only useful, though, if you can do something with it. Art…

Cars, mobility, chip-to-city design and the iPhone 4

 
What’s the big deal with cars and computer chips? There are regular rumblings about carmakers wanting to be more involved in the development of semiconductor chips for some of the high perfo…

How heavy equipment manufacturers can conquer cost challenges

Heavy equipment manufacturers are feeling the squeeze.

Tariffs on steel and aluminum are impacting their ability to meet new customer demands. One manufacturing expert described the situat…

New technology in industry is creating a platform economy

Twenty years ago, product-centric companies dominated a list of the most valuable companies in the world. The list was a Who’s Who of automotive, manufacturing, oil and gas, and brick-and-mortar reta…

Procurement’s role in lowering product development costs

Procurement professionals are constantly looking for ways to lower product development costs, reduce maverick spend and SKUs, increase contract compliance and inventory turns and lower working capita…

Cloud-based simulation can simplify automation complexity

Today’s digital tools and technologies deliver incredible opportunities to manufacturers, but they also introduce enormous complexities into production processes.

Over the years, digital s…

Use 3D scanning software to address tooling downtime threats

By: Ryan Haylock and Chris Himburg

Tooling failures can spell disaster in today’s just-in-time environment. A typical stamping plant could lose weeks of production when manufacturing tooli…

Harnessing the power of multiphysics simulation

Multiphysics simulation is well established in most product development environments and systems. Leveraging this advanced simulation technology for the process industry is one key to the digital twi…

Condition-based maintenance: the crystal ball you need

Gazing into a crystal ball to know the future has a long, storied past that dates before the Middle Ages.
Today, condition-based maintenance, or maintenance performed on industrial assets only wh…