Financial Risks When Delaying PLM Upgrades
Senior management have always been reluctant to invest in technology and especially upgrades once a technology is in place. I have seen instances where management lays off the senior engineers who implemented something like Advanced Process Control or Manufacturing...
The Open Group Open Process Automation Forum Publishes the O-PAS Version 2.1 Preliminary Standard
After my first meeting with Don Bartusiak, then with ExxonMobil, at an ARC Forum, I thought this was an extremely ambitious idea thinking that an open, interoperable, relatively easily upgradable process automation system build upon industry standards was feasible....
Partnership Brings One-Stop-Shop for Cobot Applications to Manufacturers Globally
The Danish collaborative robotics (cobot) tools company OnRobot has been churning out innovative robotic tooling in a stream for the past year. It also taps the partnership stream of collaboration. I’ve run across Vention at a trade show a few years back but haven’t...
Solar Power From The Fabric In Your Tent Or Awning
One of this week’s more intriguing conversations centered on solar power from your canopy, awning, or tent with Pvilion CEO Colin Touhey. Maybe in these post-Covid days of rediscovered al fresco dining, you may be able to have a fine meal under a tent with...
Vuforia Instruct Streamlines Creation of 3D CAD-Based Work Instructions
Augmented Reality. Some of these days, I feel as if I’m living in an alternate reality. I’m attending two company conferences, about to go lift weights, practice some on the guitar, and never leave the house. The joy of virtual conferences is that I don’t have to...
Podcast 226 Respect for People
Show notes: Get outside. Get outside into nature, a park or something, to refresh your mind and body. Get outside your preconceived ideas and prejudices for better thinking. Mary Donelan came to KMC Systems to use Lean to improve productivity. She had to overcome...
Datadobi Points to Research Highlighting the Impact of Data Growth on Storage Management
The Industrial Internet of Things along with other manufacturing IT advances led to a rise in unstructured data causing storage challenges increasing the importance of data mobility. Continuing my theme today of data, this is news from a company new to me called...
Hitachi Vantara Supports Data-Driven Business
This week’s virtual conference is Hitachi Vantara Social Innovation. I watched a few sessions yesterday. I’ll be back today for a little more between household chores and an interview. The key takeaway is data-driven. Showcased were the Disney Company and American...
Ultracompact, High-Performance Servo Motors
You are probably doing a double take. Gary is writing about servo motors? My next post is on the Dunning-Kruger effect where you hit a point of your perceived knowledge far exceeds your actual knowledge and then the collapse to feeling you know nothing followed by a...
RSA Security Conference And Security Thoughts
The first few weeks of May were Security weeks at The Manufacturing Connection. In preparation for the May 17-20 RSA Security Conference, I interviewed Ron Brash, Director of Cyber Security Insights at Verve Industrial. This was supposed to be an introduction to his...
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