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New technology in industry is creating a platform economy

January 23, 2019

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…

By Frank_Fang
4 MIN READ

Procurement’s role in lowering product development costs

January 21, 2019

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…

By Steven--H
4 MIN READ

Cloud-based simulation can simplify automation complexity

January 17, 2019

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…

By GilC
4 MIN READ

Use 3D scanning software to address tooling downtime threats

January 15, 2019

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…

By Ryan_Haylock
4 MIN READ

Harnessing the power of multiphysics simulation

January 9, 2019

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…

By EricL
4 MIN READ

Condition-based maintenance: the crystal ball you need

January 7, 2019

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…

By senthil-kumar
3 MIN READ

How cloud-based simulation addresses automation challenges

January 3, 2019

Digital simulation has become an essential capability for planning and verifying automated manufacturing processes such as robotic assembly, packaging and palletization. Simulation and process planni…

By GilC
3 MIN READ

The benefits of consumer-grade additive manufacturing

December 28, 2018

Despite all the excitement and experimentation happening around additive manufacturing, some manufacturers are still sitting on the sidelines. While companies with big budgets can forge ahead, others…

By JoshL
3 MIN READ

How MES manufacturing can advance medical device technology

December 27, 2018

In June 2009, Belgian soccer player Anthony Van Loo’s heart stopped in the middle of a match. He collapsed immediately.
In a matter of seconds, thanks to an implanted defibrillator, his body lite…

By P_Meeks
4 MIN READ