Workforce Imperative: A Manufacturing Education Strategy

October 9, 2017

Manufacturing education is in crisis. The evidence is striking and undeniable: Despite a consistently high United States unemployment rate for several years - ranging between 8% and 10% from February 2009 through March 20121  - as many as 600,000 manufacturing jobs have gone unfilled because of a shortage of skilled workers.

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The R&D Tax Credit Manufacturing

whitePaper | August 5, 2022

New technologies have woven their way into the manufacturing industry in recent years, particularly spurred by the advent of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Just as consumers have been able to integrate technologies such as smart thermostats and doorbells into their homes, American manufacturing firms have leveraged new technological tools to make their workflow more automated and interconnected—improving efficiencies and output.

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Cybersecurity for Manufacturing Environments

whitePaper | May 4, 2020

From cookies to cars, the manufacturing industry employs innovative technology to produce quality goods efficiently and get them to customers quickly. With the explosion of internet-connected devices and people who access them, cybersecurity is a higher priority than ever.

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AI Technologies Transform Industrial Control Automation

whitePaper | November 23, 2022

AI-enabled industrial control automation creates fresh opportunities to innovate and adapt manufacturing processes, building on a foundation of digital transformation and network advances across the intelligent edge

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Lean manufacturing in the age of the Industrial Internet

whitePaper | May 3, 2023

From Henry Ford’s moving assembly line to Taiichi Ohno’s Toyota production system, now known as lean production, manufacturers globally have constantly strived to make their operations better. The concept of lean, widely known for its tools to eliminate non-value added processes, has been at the forefront of management for the last five decades.

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Digital Twin Technology

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

The manufacturing and production sectors grapple with significant challenges arising from component failures, which often lead to disruptive operational interruptions. The economic impact of such disruptions can be profound, with every downtime minute potentially translating into thousands of dollars in lost revenue. While regular and planned maintenance can somehow mitigate these unplanned downtimes, they are unable to completely assure against potential component failures.

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The Biggest Additive Manufacturing Trends for 2023

whitePaper | October 10, 2022

Stop us if you’ve heard this already: 3D printing is the future. This isn’t a scorching take. Additive manufacturing is consistently growing with an approximate 20 percent compound annual growth rate. Will we ever reach that predicted utopia of a desktop 3D printer in every home? Not anytime soon. However, we’re at the point where 3D printing is a strategic cornerstone for many companies.

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