How the digital factory made an eyewear company competitive

In 2015, the World Economic Forum launched the Digital Transformation Initiative. This initiative assessed digitalization’s impact on 13 industries, including automotive, consumer and logistics, and …

Future-ready framework for enterprise system architecture

By: Alex Allison and Josh Ray 

Effectively managing and updating your enterprise system architecture, the overall IT system architecture of an organization, is key to competitive busi…

Visionary manufacturers are rethinking enterprise architecture

By: Alex Allison and Josh Ray 

Digitalization has caused a groundswell of ongoing change. Emerging technologies push one another forward, helping businesses create new business models…

Shifting customer expectations and the rise of bottled water

I recently wrote about a quick stop for a snack and my recognition that the restaurant industry has gone through some changes due to shifting customer expectations.

There is a shift to a h…

Rethink engineering education with real-world technology

How do you make students more employable? How can colleges and universities increase placement rates? How can companies fill jobs with employees well-trained and highly-skilled?

To answer …

The future of flight and changing supplier relationships

Business dynamics will change in aerospace supply chains as manufacturers incorporate new technological advances shaping the future of flight.

Advances in materials, propulsion, human mach…

Burritos, pizza and paradigm change in the digitalization age

My son and I stopped for some burritos on the way home from a hockey game the other day.
“This restaurant was built to deliver exactly what I want as quickly as I want it,” my son said. There was…

Culture and technology will eat your innovation strategy

By: Josh Ray and Alex Allison

Manufacturing continues to suffer from a lack of qualified workers despite the efforts of associations, businesses, educators and public organizations to attr…

How the future of flight changes product lifecycle management

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong’s televised moonwalk transfixed the world. People couldn’t believe what they were seeing. A spacecraft had safely transported two astronauts 360,000 kilometers (223,6…