In a recent column, I wrote about the power of suggestion.

A vulnerable spot in global commerce is the supply chain: It enables technology developers and vendors to create and deliver innovative products but can leave businesses, their finished wares, and ultimately their consumers open to cyberattacks.

(Exact Metrology: Cincinnati) -- Exact Metrology, a division of In-Place Machining Co. and a comprehensive 3D metrology service provider and hardware sales company, attended this year’s CastExpo with a host of innovative solutions from Hexagon and Artec.

(AMT: Orion, MI) -- Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT), North America’s largest independent automation engineering company will exhibit robotic depalletizing using artificial intelligence (AI) at Automate 2022 and hosted by the Association

(SymphonyAI Industrial: Woburn, MA) -- SymphonyAI Industrial has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-embedded MOM 360 manufacturing operations management with integrated manufacturing execution systems (MES) capabilities, enterprise-level governance, and AI-based process optimization.

Covid-19 has disrupted many areas of our lives, including our careers.

GE Renewable Energy has opened a new R&D facility in Bergen, New York, where it will research how 3D printing can play a role in boosting the energy efficiency of wind turbines.

Big data is a relatively new phenomenon. Its use is increasing in many organizations. But, as with many new processes, its use cuts both ways. It has positive benefits to both the organization and customers. It also has its potential downside.

I remember well when the phrase “a thousand points of light” entered regular usage. Popularized by President George H.W. Bush, the phrase referred to individuals and organizations that provide valuable and even lifesaving work in communities around the country.

(Hardy Process Solutions: San Diego, CA) -- Hardy Process Solutions has announced a new line of bench scales that are easy to clean, low profile, and all stainless-steel construction.