The Connected Car Opens Up World of Possibilities
In the second article of a series on machine-to-machine, Internet of Things, and Big Data, Machina Research provides insights around developments in connected cars. Principal analyst Emil Berthelsen...
View ArticleMaintenance Savings: To ERP or Not to ERP?
Maintenance-specific modules from suppliers of enterprise resource planning systems have traditionally involved costly implementation and learning curves and thus less-than-desirable ROI. Manufacturers...
View ArticleIndustry Crib Sheet: Industrial Production Dips on Manufacturing Slowdown
Plus: Machine Tool Demand Is Bullish for Rest of '14, '15; Small Businesses' Outlook Is Positive but Measured; and Retail Sales Rise, Ease Consumer Spending Fears
View ArticleEditor’s Note: No Firm Left Behind
The National Association of Manufactuers/Industry Week third-quarter survey shows the most optimistic manufacturing outlook in more than two years, but there is a less encouraging feeling among small...
View ArticleAuto Plastics’ Future Is in Biomaterials and Nanotechnology
The development of automotive engineering thermoplastics may go into overdrive as fuel-efficiency regulations add to pressures for vehicle lightweighting. In another regulation-driven movement, many...
View ArticleProduct Data Management 101: Eliminating Wasted Time
One of the biggest enterprise time-wasters is the administration of CAD file information, including printing, sending, and version tracking of files. Product data management can automate or simplify...
View ArticleIndustry Crib Sheet: Show of Manufacturing Strength at IMTS
Plus: Procurement Software a $1.5B/Yr Detour to Efficiency; and Power Plant Capacity Growth Slows Down in First-Half '14
View ArticleWhy Risk Is Critical to Quality Management: 3 Functional Ways
When an operational risk management framework is embedded into quality management systems, the two begin to feed each other information that helps organizations that mutually improve both of these...
View ArticleState of Packaging and Opportunities in Carbonated Soft Drinks
With trends toward healthier beverages threatening the growth of carbonated soft drinks, finding new and innovative ways to get consumers to buy through packaging stimuli will be a key focus for...
View ArticleKeeping Innovation Alive in the Family Business
There are challenges in every business, but family businesses tend to suffer harder when there are obstacles and especially conflict. Family businesses must turn the "familiarity mindset" into an...
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