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Are electric vehicles the best cars for the environment?

November 19, 2018

It’s nice to want to be environmentally-friendly. But even the best cars for the environment won’t sell unless they’re economically feasible.
Electric vehicles are gaining support from government…

By ToniB
2 MIN READ

How can students gain tech skills for Industry 4.0?

November 15, 2018

Digital forces are transforming the way we do business in every phase of innovation. It’s called Industry 4.0 – an industrial revolution using automation technology and intelligent connectivity to qu…

By Dora Smith
5 MIN READ

Strategic technology enables closed-loop approach to quality

November 14, 2018

Recent reports from two prominent research firms have identified a new appreciation for quality in manufacturing. The new view heralds an approach dubbed closed-loop quality, which itself is overseen…

By Raffaello Lepratti
4 MIN READ

We’re thinking about autonomous vehicles all wrong

November 12, 2018

When we think of future autonomous vehicles, typically an image of some kind of self-driving futuristic pod comes to mind, with a living room/bedroom/home cinema/meeting space – basically a reconfigu…

By Andrew Macleod
5 MIN READ

Electric car engineering needs future-thinking engineers

November 7, 2018

Electric car engineering will change the entire auto industry, and current and future engineers can prepare for the move toward electrification by becoming the master of many traits.

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By ToniB
< 1 MIN READ

Visionary manufacturers are rethinking enterprise architecture

November 5, 2018

By: Alex Allison and Josh Ray 

Digitalization has caused a groundswell of ongoing change. Emerging technologies push one another forward, helping businesses create new business models…

By AAllison
4 MIN READ

An introduction to industrial-scale additive manufacturing

October 31, 2018

Our first Thought Leadership podcast series is coming to a close, and we want to thank everyone who has taken the time to listen to our series and to share your feedback with us. We appreciate it!
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By ToniB
< 1 MIN READ

Planning for the future of blockchain in manufacturing

October 29, 2018

What will the future look like? That’s the million-dollar, and in some cases, trillion-dollar question.

In manufacturing, Industry 4.0 envisages a new age where smart technology and smart …

By kabele
4 MIN READ

How can you reduce failure and minimize product cost?

October 26, 2018

Inaccuracies in product cost estimations and the lack of technology to correct it hurts companies that continue to develop and produce new products. Product costs that cannot be recuperated, and an i…

By RyanR
4 MIN READ