High-tech sports equipment: what do consumers want?

The sporting goods market is undergoing a major technological disruption: smart products are changing the way consumers and elite athletes interact with once seemingly simple products.

Tec…

A new digital transformation strategy can fuel innovation

While there’s a select group of companies that invent new products and introduce bold new ideas on a regular basis—these organizations are referred to as “first movers” or “fast innovators”—the reali…

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…

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…

How MES manufacturing can advance medical device technology

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…

How to forge a path to industrial digitalization

In the previous blog, How the digital factory made an eyewear company more competitive, I discussed the adoption of digital manufacturing and digital twin within a small company producing lenses for …

OEMs, suppliers and how to use a program management system

The challenges of program management between OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers vary, but they essentially are struggling to meet the same goal: use their program management system to reduce time for new prod…

Effective change management in enterprise architecture

By: Alex Allison and Josh Ray 

By modernizing their enterprise systems architecture, manufacturers can start to reimagine their businesses, take advantage of new and disruptive techno…