John Martin

at John Martin Agency, Inc.
John Martin writes about technology, business, science, and general-interest topics. A former U.S. correspondent for The Economist (Science & Technology), he writes for the private sector, universities, and media, and can be reached at jm@jmagency.com.
How To Manage Supply Chain Challenges

How To Manage Supply Chain Challenges

Published on May 28, 2020
You wouldn’t have much confidence in your flight if a control tower wasn’t monitoring the comin...

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How to Optimize Supply Chain Planning with Machine Learning

How to Optimize Supply Chain Planning with Machine Learning

Published on May 5, 2020
Autonomous supply chain planning is neither pie-in-the-sky nor purely aspirational. Rather, it ...

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How Simulation Powers the Digital Factory

How Simulation Powers the Digital Factory

Published on April 20, 2020
Times Square in New York City has nothing on the digital factory. But the images of the hustle ...

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How “Smart Pull” Transforms Manufacturing

How “Smart Pull” Transforms Manufacturing

Published on April 14, 2020
The digital smartening of manufacturing has provided new tools for companies to advance their d...

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5 Ways Covid-19 Response Shatters Supply Chain Rules

5 Ways Covid-19 Response Shatters Supply Chain Rules

Published on March 23, 2020
When Ambassador-at-Large Deborah Birx, M.D., at a recent White House briefing by the Coronaviru...

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Can AI Help Mitigate Supply Chain Risk?

Can AI Help Mitigate Supply Chain Risk?

Published on March 18, 2020
The daily headline today might as well be supply chain risk, for all the uncertainty and disrup...

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How Do Wearables Help To Keep Workers Safe?

How Do Wearables Help To Keep Workers Safe?

Published on March 6, 2020
Production work is physical work, even in digital, automated manufacturing. Workers still get f...

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Digital Transformation in Pharma Manufacturing

Digital Transformation in Pharma Manufacturing

Published on February 13, 2020
Keeping current with good pharma manufacturing practice is… well, a good practice. Unless you’r...

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Autonomous Vehicles: Ultimate IIoT

Autonomous Vehicles: Ultimate IIoT

Published on January 30, 2020
Autonomous vehicles create tons of data—Intel, in a 2017 newsroom editorial, projected that a c...

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Digital Manufacturing: The Final Piece in Lean

Digital Manufacturing: The Final Piece in Lean

Published on January 22, 2020
Lean manufacturing occupies a storied place in the history of making things, a decadeslong driv...

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20 in ’20: Digital Manufacturing Tips for 2020

20 in ’20: Digital Manufacturing Tips for 2020

Published on December 18, 2019
The digital transformation of manufacturing has advanced sufficiently in a number of companies ...

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Digital Manufacturing Powers a Sustainability Transformation

Digital Manufacturing Powers a Sustainability Transformation

Published on December 13, 2019
Over the past twenty-five years, sustainability has gone from oft-cited aspiration, to corporat...

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Digital Collaboration Platform Orchestrates the Value Network

Digital Collaboration Platform Orchestrates the Value Network

Published on December 5, 2019
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the ma...

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How The Digital Twin Makes The Aftermarket More Profitable

How The Digital Twin Makes The Aftermarket More Profitable

Published on November 19, 2019
Once upon a time, aftermarket was a sleepy business, a call to the parts department to ship off...

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With the IIoT, the “Things” Mind Themselves

With the IIoT, the “Things” Mind Themselves

Published on November 4, 2019
In digital manufacturing, intelligence is increasingly being placed at the “edge,” at the spot ...

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