GE’s latest open-innovation concept that speeds up product and technology development June 15, 2017 Dyan Finkhousen, director of open innovation & advanced manufacturing at GE Global Operations, discusses Fuse LLC, an 8-month-old service offering of GeniusLink that involves small batch mfg. Key takeaways: The benefits GE businesses, customers and sponsors find by using Fuse to solve tough technology challenges; the types of problems that are a good fit for Fuse; and how to learn about and participate in a product or technology innovation contest sponsored by Fuse. (GeniusLink is GE Global Operations’ crowd-sourcing division.)
Sizing Up the Platform Market for the Internet of Things March 13, 2017 Sandra Rios, Head of Product Management & Marketing, AXOOM GmbH, explores the development of the platform market for the Internet of Things, the company’s vision for the IoT platform market, and its plans in North America.
How to Set Off on the Smart Manufacturing Journey March 15, 2017 At the Aerodef conference in Texas, Conrad Leiva, VP for product strategy and alliance at iBASEt and chair of the smart manufacturing working group at MESA, says companies should first evaluate their business model today to get ready for a smart manufacturing future.
Separating Innovations from Hype, and then Getting on with the Digital Transformation September 19, 2017 Drawing upon his firm’s work with NEC, Schlindler Elevator, Exelon and Pitney Bowes, Sergey Patsko of GE Digital advises manufacturing execs looking for value to focus on compute power and ways to process and analyze data.
Rockwell Automation Counts All the Ways Digital ‘Journey’ Has Paid Off May 17, 2017 Tom O’Reilly, VP, Global Business Development at Rockwell Automation, details how his company’s five-year plan to restructure its facility and supplier networks has led to a four- to five-percent annual improvement in productivity.
A Resurgence of American Manufacturing September 22, 2017 Brian Ayers, vice president of sales and marketing at Arch Global Precision, talks with Candace Roulo, managing editor of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, about the company’s entrepreneurial values and philosophy about manufacturing in the US.
Rego-Fix: Managing Growth in the Tooling and Workholding Industry August 2, 2017 Bill Obras, Vice President Sales and Marketing for Rego-Fix Corp., sat down with Manufacturing Engineering’s James D. Sawyer at Eastec to discuss the program and provide details on the company’s new 20,000 ft2 facility near Indianapolis.
Preconfigured Robotic Solutions Grow in Importance December 19, 2017 In this podcast, Senior Editor Jim Lorincz talks with Simon Whitton, regional division manager, Kuka Robotics Corp., about how Kuka Ready-to-Use preconfigured robotic product solutions can integrated into existing shop operations, ensuring that sustainable and high-performance levels of manufacturing efficiency can be achieved.
Precision Swiss-Style Machines Offer Speed, Accuracy November 17, 2017 Bob Budnovitch, engineering manager, training/turnkey, and Frank Maiocco of Tsugami/Rem Sales, spoke with Senior Editor Patrick Waurzyniak at SOUTH-TEC in Greenville, SC, about the latest machines that Tsugami displayed at the show and what customers can expect from the company’s advanced machining equipment.
New Machine From EnvisionTEC Promises Big Time Savings March 16, 2017 EnvisionTEC CEO Al Siblani explains why the SLCOM 1, a machine that does selective lamination composite object manufacturing and is in beta testing, is an important development in 3D printing: “There’s absolutely no limitation in terms of geometry in terms of what kinds of composite parts you can build—unless it’s a closed volume.
