Manufacturing Process Scale-up for Phase III: Clear Sailing or Storms Ahead?

whitePaper | August 31, 2022

The business case for collaboration and cross-functional transformation Faced with significant and ongoing disruption in the industry, manufacturing companies have known for years that digital transformation is essential to maintain a competitive edge. COVID-19 has only accelerated the need for digital transformation. The pandemic has disrupted supply chains, created an increasingly distributed and remote workforce, caused significant changes in demand, and increased the challenges of providing field service. To address these changes, manufacturing companies have accelerated their investments in digitization. According to McKinsey, advances in this area are now ahead of schedule by three to four years.1

whitePaper | December 30, 2022

In recent years, Data and analytics capabilities have made a good progress resulting to numerous recent advancements. Majority of advancements have been made in various ways like development of more sophisticated algorithms, exponential growth in the volume of available data, and storage and computational power have uninterruptedly improved. The combination of these trends has led to business disruptions and fueling rapid technology advances.

whitePaper | July 27, 2020

Permanent Magnet synchronous AC Motors are growing in popularity. This 8-page guide provides a detailed look inside a permanent magnet AC motor and how this technology differs from both servo and induction motors.A motor type that is growing in popularity is marketed with several different names, including PMAC and AC Synchronous. These motors are desired as they consume less power, fit in a smaller space, and operate precisely where they were set to operate.

whitePaper | January 17, 2023

For those of us that have been around a while, we have learned to live through the supply and demand cycles of the semiconductor industry. As we are currently in an excess demand situation, one of the big questions we all have is “When will things flip?” We stop short of saying that this will not happen this time, but some key elements are different.

whitePaper | September 15, 2023

Global megatrends are creating increasingly frequent disruptions to economies and organizations, which in turn are reshaping global value chains and pushing industries and manufacturing to transform themselves. These megatrends include geopolitical tensions and economic instabilities, climate change, technology integration and changing people dynamics.

whitePaper | March 8, 2023

Agile Manufacturing is a manufacturing philosophy that emphasizes flexibility, adaptability, and responsiveness in production processes. It is an approach that allows manufacturers to quickly respond to changing market demands and customer needs. The term Agile refers to a set of principles and practices aimed at delivering high-quality products that meet the needs of customers in a fast-changing environment. The term Agile Manufacturing was first coined in the early 1990s, during a time of increasing global competition and rapidly changing market conditions. As a result, manufacturers began to explore new ways to improve their competitiveness and responsiveness to changing customer needs, leading to the development of the Agile Manufacturing strategy. In January 1991, the term appeared in an important report entitled “21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy” by the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University in the United States.