Ready to Work: Job-Driven Training and American Opportunity

We see incredible opportunities in high-growth industries like advanced manufacturing, information technology, and health care. Many dynamic companies in these sectors aren’t just expanding their workforces. They are creating jobs that pay middle-class wages. While the IT field may be the most advanced, industries as diverse as manufacturing, energy, and retail are working to develop nationally-recognized credentials, including 22 business and industry associations organized into a national network by the Business Roundtable and a coalition of five philanthropic foundations. Danielle’s life was changed because she saw a flyer in an unemployment insurance office for a manufacturing training program. She was able to get funding for that training at a local manufacturing training program and assistance with transportation to and from class.

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WIKA Instrument, LP

With almost 70 years of experience, WIKA Instrument, LP is the leading global manufacturer of pressure, temperature, level and flow measurement technologies and services, producing more than 45 million pressure gauges, diaphragm seals, pressure sensors, thermowells, thermometers and other instruments annually. WIKA's extensive product line, including mechanical and electronic instruments, provides measurement solutions for any application in a large variety of industries.

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Maintaining Battlefield Superiority with Metal 3D Printing

whitePaper | March 3, 2023

The US military has long been at the forefront of innovation. What has made our military so formidable is our commitment to and investment in technological advancement. What’s more, innovations within our military have filtered out and impacted advancement in other fields from aviation to consumer electronics, which has helped build our economy to what it is today

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Design for Manufacturing and Test

whitePaper | November 11, 2022

A common ‘Design for Excellence’ approach in any product design process is the ‘Design for Manufacturing’ which is simply to ensure the products are easier to be manufactured. A significant and important part of this approach is the ‘Design for Manufacturing Test’ concept. A final product that was manufactured but is difficult to test to effectively measure its quality and reliability before shipping out may result in disastrous consequences when these products fail out in the field, especially when the products are used in mission-critical industries such as the automotive industry.

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Intelligent factories: toward a new frontier

whitePaper | June 3, 2022

Instantly appears in many people’s minds is of a production plant run entirely by robots. But robotics is only part of the overall technology stack that will enable today’s factories meet the demands of tomorrow’s markets. In just a few decades, industrial manufacturing has changed dramatically in the continuous effort to keep pace with ever increasing market demands. Basically, this transition has occurred in three distinct phases, each with its own pathway to success.

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An Industry 4.0 Framework to create Smart and Sustainable Factories

whitePaper | September 10, 2022

From the very beginning, SmarterChain’s vision has been to democratize top-tier supply chain knowledge and expertise. Through the years, we have been fortunate to work with best-in-class organizations and academic institutions and understand the importance of easy and systemic access to practical, top-tier strategic advice. As a plan of action designed to achieve a longterm ambition, strategy is what makes or any type of organization from a company, a nation, or an individual. The word ‘strategy’ itself comes from the ancient Greek words for ‘army’ (‘stratos’) and ‘lead’ (‘egy’) – it means leading your army into battle. And, as such, strategy is about the leadership required to make big ambitions a reality. For centuries, the biggest, most influential organizations and companies have led with radical approaches that have shaped the way we do business, as well as how we teach business to future generations.

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Three artificial intelligence ethics questions manufacturers face right now

whitePaper | March 22, 2020

Manufacturers are beginning to adopt AI technology themselves, marrying this new technology with the automation systems they already widely use with the advent of the programmable logic controller, manufacturers have been able to increase their productivity while employing fewer people. Here are three major AI ethical problems that manufacturing executive are facing.

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Cybersecurity in manufacturing

whitePaper | August 1, 2022

The story of manufacturing is one of constant technological change and evolution. It is also a story with a sweeping geopolitical arc from the industrial revolution in 19th century Britain to modern day China accounting for nearly 30% of the world’s manufacturing1 . The march of the machines is relentless and for large portions of society, alarming. Today’s technology is even imbued with the ability to learn – Blake Lemoine, a software engineer at Google, believes a chatbot his firm has created is capable of conscious thought2.

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WIKA Instrument, LP

With almost 70 years of experience, WIKA Instrument, LP is the leading global manufacturer of pressure, temperature, level and flow measurement technologies and services, producing more than 45 million pressure gauges, diaphragm seals, pressure sensors, thermowells, thermometers and other instruments annually. WIKA's extensive product line, including mechanical and electronic instruments, provides measurement solutions for any application in a large variety of industries.

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