COMPLEMENTARY GROWTH: Offering related products and services can help platforms keep expanding

COMPLEMENTARY GROWTH: Offering related products and services can help platforms keep expanding

Published on August 29, 2018
Late in 2016, Airbnb, the platform that disrupted the hospitality industry by matching traveler...

Harmonizing production and maintenance: The key to minimized asset debt

Harmonizing production and maintenance: The key to minimized asset debt

Published on August 24, 2018
How can asset-intensive businesses maintain asset reliability at a minimum cost? It starts with...

How to Bridge the Skills Gap: Dassault Systèmes and Women in Manufacturing (WiM)

How to Bridge the Skills Gap: Dassault Systèmes and Women in Manufacturing (WiM)

Published on August 24, 2018
The manufacturing industry is facing tremendous growth over the next decade with close to 3.5 m...

iCaptain My Captain: Autonomous Ship to Set Sail in 2018

iCaptain My Captain: Autonomous Ship to Set Sail in 2018

Published on August 22, 2018
In the Golden Age of Piracy stories of haunted, crewless ships sailing the seas were the stuff ...

THE RISE OF PLATFORM BUSINESS – How digital networks are changing competition

THE RISE OF PLATFORM BUSINESS – How digital networks are changing competition

Published on August 15, 2018
Whether we have purchased a book through Amazon or watched videos on YouTube, most of us have u...

Digitalization: What Would FC Barcelona Do?

Digitalization: What Would FC Barcelona Do?

Published on August 8, 2018
You’re modeling a digital manufacturing strategy around a use case of new product introductions...

PLC Security for Control Engineers:  Keep Your Friends Close, and Your Enemies Closer

PLC Security for Control Engineers: Keep Your Friends Close, and Your Enemies...

Published on August 1, 2018
No one understood or more succinctly described strategies and philosophies of war than the grea...

Manufacturing Inventory and Technology – It’s About Time

Manufacturing Inventory and Technology – It’s About Time

Published on July 25, 2018
The main purpose of having Inventory is to buy time. If a customer expects immediate shipment w...

What’s the key to higher profits in meat processing?

What’s the key to higher profits in meat processing?

Published on July 20, 2018
In the meat industry, every cent counts. So it’s crucial to strive for better planning decision...

Terminator Turns Facilitator – Wearable for the Augmented Workforce

Terminator Turns Facilitator – Wearable for the Augmented Workforce

Published on July 18, 2018
The first Terminator was destroyed in a factory by a hydraulic press—now parts of him have reap...

Automation Opportunities for Increased Production

Automation Opportunities for Increased Production

Published on July 11, 2018
  Effortlessly increase your productivity by embracing automation. Technology will keep yo...

What to Expect from IoT Platforms in 2018

What to Expect from IoT Platforms in 2018

Published on July 3, 2018
With increased value provided by edge computing to security improvements with Blockchain integr...

EFFICIENCY BY DESIGN: Visualization technologies help A. Zahner Company build the present and plan for the future

EFFICIENCY BY DESIGN: Visualization technologies help A. Zahner Company build the present and...

Published on June 27, 2018
27For nearly 120 years, US based A. Zahner Company has been at the forefront of technology and ...

How to harness complex value chains in an uncertain and hyper-connected world

How to harness complex value chains in an uncertain and hyper-connected world

Published on June 25, 2018
Existing businesses are being forced to adapt to a new business reality — or risk irrelevance. ...

A time of transition: 3 key trends for oil & gas in 2018

A time of transition: 3 key trends for oil & gas in 2018

Published on June 21, 2018
The oil & gas industry is now recovering as prices have started to rise again, but the down...