The One Huge Mistake Quality Professionals Make in Preparing for Covid-19
The Covid-19 coronavirus has developed into a widespread pandemic.
Keep Manufacturing During Supply Chain Disruptions
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With Covid-19 continuing to impact many businesses, lead time as well as sourcing new suppliers is increasingly difficult. If you currently outsource manufacturing overseas, it is likely you have encountered some turbulence to your supply chain.
Unable to Exhibit Due to Trade Show or Conference Cancellations?
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This is supposed to be trade-show season. The time when companies send their employees to industry tech shows and user-group meetings to see and experience the latest offerings in their field.
On the Front Lines of Developing a Test for the Coronavirus
‘That escalated quickly!” is a common trope used in popular culture to describe when a situation gets out of hand before you’ve even had a chance to think about it.
Robots Designed to Self-Construct
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A SMORES-EP robot takes a snake-like form to climb stairs. The SMORES-EP (Self-Assembling Modular Robots for Extreme Shapeshifting) is made up of individual cubes that can self-assemble into different shapes to complete various tasks.
For most of us, the word “robot” conjures something like C-3PO—a humanoid creature programmed to interact with flesh-and-blood people in a more or less human way. But the roster of real-world robots is considerably more varied.
Four Ways Leaders Can Gain Value From AI and Advanced Analytics
Companies and societies are at the precipice of rebuilding their foundations to compete in an age of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML).
Breaking Down the Skills Gap, Part 3
As the skills gap widens and more employees retire, decades of experience and company investment is predicted to walk out the door.
Covid-19 and the supply chain
Digital manufacturing helps mitigate supply chain disruptions
How has Covid-19 impacted the supply chain, particularly if you do business in China? How can digital manufacturing help mitigate supply chain issues? We talk to Jennifer Grant of HAIZOL, a contract manufacturer based in China, to find out.
Breaking Down the Skills Gap, Part 2
The Manufacturing Institute estimated that 2.4 million job openings in manufacturing—accounting for half of all open positions—will go unfilled between 2018 and 2028 as a direct consequence of the skills gap. This isn’t a future problem.