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Did you know that the return of your supply chain process depends on how your software technology works as well as the efficiency of the people involved in the entire process?
However, changes keep taking place, and you might feel clueless as to where your initiative is going.
Supply chain testing is done in order to know and mark the various aspects where the supply chain is the weakest. [Read more…] about How to Test Major Changes in Your Supply Chain Process
By Deblieck Tommy, Managing Director / Partner, Zora Robotics
It is absolutely stunning to see how being disruptive makes you barely bankable.
When you become an entrepreneur, you’re first convinced that difference is an asset, that heading for a direction that no one follows is one of the keys. You with me? [Read more…] about Opinion: Disruption should bring passion into minds of investors
Scientists at Iowa State University have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure more of the stresses and strains on materials under high pressures.
As the researchers reported in the journal Science, that matters because, “Pressure alters the physical, chemical and electronic properties of matter.”
Understanding those changes could lead to new materials or new phases of matter for use in all kinds of technologies and applications, said Valery Levitas, a paper co-author and Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering at Iowa State University, the Vance Coffman Faculty Chair and professor in aerospace engineering. [Read more…] about Iowa scientists create nanoscale sensors to ‘better see how high pressure affects materials’
By Dan McKiernan, president of eFlex Systems
Lean manufacturing principles and practices aimed at minimizing waste and maximizing productivity, have been shaping the manufacturing sector for decades now.
The necessary end-goal for manufacturers is to ensure that products are built correctly, every time, even when changes are made in-process.
While this goal is nothing new, the rise of complexity and customization challenges presents a constant counterpressure against the continuing push for improved consistency and quality. [Read more…] about Controlling complexity: Powerful new tech tools are bringing lean manufacturing principles to life
Intergovernmental organization BIPM outlines historic changes to the International System of Units, or the SI
Today, May 20, is World Metrology Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875.
This treaty provides the basis for a coherent measurement system worldwide that underpins scientific discovery and innovation, industrial manufacturing and international trade, as well as the improvement of the quality of life and the protection of the global environment.
The theme for World Metrology Day 2019 is “The International System of Units – Fundamentally Better”. [Read more…] about International System of Units agreement being commemorated today
Toyota president Akio Toyoda has drawn a parallel between the changes happening in the company now to what happened when Toyota first came into existence.
Toyoda was speaking at a press conference to present the automaker’s financial results. He acknowledged the “many lessons that we learned” through the company’s partnerships with Subaru, BMW and Mazda.
The partnerships were part of the reason for Toyota adopting a new organisational structure. It was also a factor in the company’s decision to establish the Toyota Research Laboratory. [Read more…] about Toyota boss says autonomous technology is a paradigm shift – like going from building looms to constructing cars
