Gender Inclusion in Manufacturing

Manufacturing systems, supply chains, and processes are increasingly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to NBC News, the manufacturing sector in the U.S. lost nearly $240 billion in revenue and 42,220 manufacturing jobs from 2002 to 2012 due to cyber-attacks.

For the automotive industry, metal 3D printing seems like the perfect choice to further optimize tooling components such as high-pressure die cast (HPDC) inserts. With additive manufacturing (AM), engineers should be able to decrease turnaround times and extend part lifetimes through more efficient conformal cooling channels. Unfortunately, conventional AM systems struggle to print large (greater than 5 mm) diameters for internal cooling channels, which limits the engineering design window. Any larger and the top of the channel breaks down, leading to surface roughness and crack fatigue.

As enterprises adjust to evolving global trends and customer expectations, the need for greater visibility into product data is coming to the fore. Knowledge of product components’ origins, and their journey to the consumer, is growing in importance. Companies must invest in new strategies and technologies to improve their ability to serialize and trace their products, which prevents improper reproduction or use of a company’s products and enables quick recalls when problems are discovered. Companies and customers are more invested in sustainability initiatives throughout the supply chain, and serializing — and automating the serialization — of products provides increasing ROI.

Scientists are the literal lifeblood of new product development and innovation, but often spend much of their time simply pulling together data to conduct analysis in hopes of key learnings. The biggest lever that R&D leaders have today to fix this problem is to implement tools that make the learning process quicker and easier. This Webinar will focus on the benefits of implementing a true data infrastructure, and the challenges that organizations will face along this journey.