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(CIMdata: Ann Arbor, MI) -- CIMdata, a leading PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, has published a new e-book, Comprehensive Design and Optimization Simulation Accelerates EV Engineering.
The e-book describes vehicle electrification engineering challenges met using Siemens…
(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Renishaw has unveiled a new product line specifically designed for the industrial automation market. The new RCS product line builds on Renishaw’s existing expertise and technologies for industrial metrology applications, and aims to transform the process of…
Audrey Kim
Before he became an expert on corporate leadership, Charles O’Reilly spent five years in the U.S. Army. There he witnessed the stark divide between good and bad leaders and realized how much influence they had on the people who worked for them.
Now a professor of organizational behavior at…
Emily Newton
Solving problems goes beyond noticing the symptoms and wanting to resolve them. It’s also necessary to perform a root cause analysis, pinpointing the factors likely to have made an issue occur. It’s only then that leaders can create concrete solutions for lasting changes. However, root cause…
(Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Omnex has announced its latest two webinars, “ASPICE Standards Get Updated to PAM 4.0,” and “EwQIMS SP 11.2.0.3—Your Next Step in the Journey for the Digitalization of Quality.”
Webinar title: “ASPICE Standards Get Updated to PAM 4.0” Date and time: Aug. 24, 2023, 11:00 a…
Bruce Hamilton
Peter Drucker, celebrated by BusinessWeek magazine in 2005 as “the man who invented management,” is credited with a concept that has created confusion for me throughout my work life: the distinction between knowledge work and manual work.
In his 1959 book The Landmarks of Tomorrow (latest edition…
Adam Zewe
Engineers are constantly searching for materials with novel, desirable property combinations. For example, an ultrastrong, lightweight material could be used to make airplanes and cars more fuel-efficient, or a material that is porous and biomechanically friendly could be useful for bone implants…
(X-Rite: Grand Rapids, MI) -- X-Rite Inc. and Pantone LLC, global leaders in color science and technology, will host a free e-learning webinar on Aug. 29, 2023, that goes beyond color to highlight how companies can digitally capture and communicate a material’s appearance in product designs. By…
(Teledyne: Waterloo, ON, Canada) -- Teledyne will showcase its newest products and vision solutions at the Automation Expo 2023 exhibition, Aug. 23–26, 2023, in Mumbai, India. Teledyne’s DALSA, e2v, FLIR IIS, FLIR solutions, and ICM businesses will display a range of imaging products, from…
Peter Fader
As an organizational leader, you’ll be very familiar with your company’s key financial statements and monthly management reports. But what do you really know about the people who pull out their wallets and pay for your products and services? In The Customer-Base Audit: The First Step on the Journey…
Adam Zewe
Imagine purchasing a robot to perform household tasks. This robot was built and trained in a factory on a certain set of tasks and has never seen the items in your home. When you ask it to pick up a mug from your kitchen table, it might not recognize your mug (perhaps because this mug is painted…
(KECO: Houston) -- Petrochemical gas processing facilities, chemical plants, and the biogas industry can rely on the SulfurHound H2S In-Gas Analyzer to provide accurate, dependable, and cost-effective measurement of hydrogen sulfide in natural gas pipelines, gas wells, and landfills for quality and…
(Digital Twin Consortium: Boston) -- Digital Twin Consortium (DTC) has published The Why and the What of Digital Twin Building Performance and Sustainability: An Owner’s Perspective. This is the first of five user guides designed to assist an owner or occupier with new or existing digital-twin-…
Katarina Cicak
I fled my home country of Bosnia during a civil war in 1992 when I was only a teenager. I eventually landed in California as an 18-year-old with one suitcase and settled in with a host family.
Every time I turned on the news, I saw horrifying pictures of what was going on back home. My home, my…
Lindsey Walker
In the quickly changing industrial landscape, firms continue to place a high premium on safety. Innovative approaches to improving industrial safety have been made possible by technological advancements. One particularly revolutionary option is computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)…
Jennifer Chu
For Mathias Kolle, the wings of a butterfly are a window into a better material world. The insect’s iridescence is a result of “structural color” rather than pigments or dyes: A single wing is layered with hundreds of thousands of microscopic scales that act as tiny reflectors, bouncing light from…
(HEIDENHAIN: Schaumburg, IL) -- HEIDENHAIN Corp. has announced EnDat 3, a new version of its popular absolute position encoder interface. The EnDat 3 interface has all the benefits of previous versions but is even faster and more robust, with simplified functional safety features.
EnDat 3 uses a…
(Aras: Andover, MA) -- Aras, which provides a powerful, low-code application platform to design, build, and operate complex products, announced its partnership with Toshiba Digital Solutions, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp. Toshiba Digital Solutions will distribute Aras Innovator to other Toshiba…
(Schneider Electric: Boston) -- Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and industrial automation, has launched managed security services (MSS) to help customers in operational technology (OT) environments address the increased cyber-risk associated with the…
Ujjwal Parwal
Risk analytics is a vital component of risk management that uses statistical models, data analysis, and predictive modeling techniques to assess, quantify, and mitigate risks in various domains. This article will delve into the definition of risk analytics, discuss its importance, and explore its…
Witold Henisz
It is a phenomenon known as the “war on woke”: the political backlash against investments in companies with a corporate purpose beyond profit maximization. Some U.S. lawmakers have argued that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing undermines financial returns. However, a new paper…
(Schleuniger: Thun, Switzerland) -- Buckeye Electrical, located in Botkins, Ohio, is a family-owned and operated manufacturer of custom wire harness and cable assemblies. As a company that strives to provide its customers with the highest quality products, Buckeye understands the importance of…
(TalentLMS: San Francisco) -- As the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation continues to grow in the workplace, a recent survey of human-resources managers conducted by TalentLMS sheds light on the required skills and the challenges faced by companies navigating the AI era.
The…
Chanakya Gupta
The food and beverage industry is currently growing at 8.7% and is projected to be worth $8.9 trillion by 2026, according to Research and Markets’ 2022 report on the global food and beverage market. This growth presents opportunities and challenges for manufacturers, many of which must modernize…
Mike Figliuolo
We make leadership way too difficult. We write entire books on it. We teach it in universities and MBA programs. We dedicate entire fields of study to it. We create massive corporate programs to foster it. Here’s the thing: It’s really not that hard.
Sure, we teach leadership at thoughtLEADERS,…
