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Interests: digital thread, model-based enterprise, smart manufacturing, industrial internet of things, assembly, inspection, fabrication, discrete manufacturing, aerospace and defense, manufacturing systems, industrial engineering, shop floor operations, integrating engineering and manufacturing systems

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Striving for an Open Technology Ecosystem in Smart Manufacturing

Manufacturers are under pressure to realize a data-driven enterprise, and achieve the agility needed to meet customer demands with optimized operations management, more personalized products and services, and resiliency in overcoming any future value-chain disruption. To accomplish the desired level... Continue reading

Posted Aug 17, 2024 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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The Urgent Need to Align Business and Smart Manufacturing Strategy

There has been a rising interest in the pursuit of productivity improvements through the implementation of Smart Manufacturing (SM) technologies and CESMII, the U.S. Smart Manufacturing institute, has a national mandate to support and accelerate the adoption of these technologies... Continue reading

Posted Jul 5, 2024 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Seven Challenges for Smart Manufacturing Broad Adoption

Technologies including industrial internet of things (IIoT), data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), edge and could computing can be threaded together in Smart Manufacturing (SM) systems for streamlined semi-autonomous processes in the factory, enhanced manufacturing operations management, and new data-centric services... Continue reading

Posted Aug 15, 2023 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Leveraging Similarities in Smart Manufacturing and Smart Agriculture

I recently participated in a workshop on Controlled Environment Agriculture, and I believe we can learn from an exchange of lessons learned between Smart Farm and Smart Factory initiatives. Both initiatives have been making good technology implementation advances with industry... Continue reading

Posted Jul 6, 2023 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Good OT-IT Bones for Smart Manufacturing

Smart Manufacturing strives for higher levels of connectivity in the enterprise with information flowing in near real-time between production and business systems to achieve highly orchestrated physical and digital processes within plants, factories and across the entire value chain. In... Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2023 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Digital Lean with Smart Manufacturing

Introduction to Digital Lean Manufacturing Lean has played a significant role for the past few decades in driving efficiency across manufacturing organizations by eliminating waste and focusing on customer value. Lean techniques have promoted simple intuitive visual and analytical approaches... Continue reading

Posted Nov 30, 2022 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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A Glossary of Terms in Smart Manufacturing

Publishing this glossary to help reduce inconsistencies in terminology when teaching Smart Manufacturing techniques. I hope this serves as a good starting point for your own glossary needs. Algorithms - A logic and mathematical program designed to systematically solve a... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2022 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Challenges To Overcome for Manufacturing Breakthrough Performance

The Opportunity The manufacturing sector has an opportunity to grow significantly in the years ahead. Manufacturing companies that create products from raw materials or components, either by machine or by hand, in plants, factories, and mills are a significant driver... Continue reading

Posted Jul 16, 2022 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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The Evolving Smart Manufacturing Supply Chain

As more manufacturers adopt Smart Manufacturing and manufacturing operations management methods increasing connectivity and data availability within their organizations, they are also realizing that a connected supply chain becomes a strategic competitive advantage in the marketplace. A report from Gartner... Continue reading

Posted Mar 19, 2022 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Most Popular Blog Posts on Manufacturing Operations Management

In this post, I am highlighting the most read blog posts on Manufacturing Operations Management, MES and Quality Management from the last few years in case you missed them. You will find they are still very relevant today. Over five... Continue reading

Posted Mar 5, 2022 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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IT-OT Convergence Is a Requirement for Smart Manufacturing

Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) have had a long history of isolation from each other in many industrial organizations. However, they have been slowly converging on the scene as companies make advances towards Smart Manufacturing methods. Companies that... Continue reading

Posted Sep 1, 2021 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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A Brief History of Smart Manufacturing

Around 2005, connectivity, data, and computing power were advancing at Moore’s Law pace along with the Internet, eCommerce, social media, and smartphone platforms. The concept of cyberinfrastructure entered the vocabulary around that time. The term Smart Manufacturing was coined in... Continue reading

Posted Jun 6, 2021 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Smart Manufacturing Benefits Beyond Performance Improvement

Smart Manufacturing is transformational, radically impacting the performance of the manufacturing ecosystem through measurable improvements in areas such as: speed, agility, innovation, quality, costs/profitability, safety, asset reliability and energy productivity. The decision on how to embark on the smart... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2020 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Smart Manufacturing Champions Must Address Organizational Culture Upheaval

Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash There is very good technology available today that helps manufacturers solve real problems, but that is not what Smart Manufacturing is about. Smart Manufacturing is a transformational opportunity that requires comprehensive cultural change to truly... Continue reading

Posted Sep 23, 2020 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Digital Supply Chain Resilience Tactics

The implementation of modern manufacturing operations management practices including manufacturing systems, lean manufacturing and six-sigma have improved effectiveness and operating costs within many manufacturing companies. However, it takes an entire supply chain to bring manufactured products to the marketplace and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2020 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Top Seven Manufacturing Challenges in 2020

We have been hearing about the promised value of Industry 4.0 for several years. 85% of businesses agree on this potential. However, manufacturing productivity has been flat for the last decade and many industry digital initiatives are stalled. Many manufacturers... Continue reading

Posted Jun 13, 2020 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Join the Smart Manufacturing Journey

Change is a constant in life and manufacturing is no exception. How do organizations get ready for this coming wave of Smart Manufacturing change and the associated new enabled capabilities, business processes, automation and integration strategies, and business models? What should businesses be doing now and in the next few... Continue reading

Posted Mar 2, 2020 at industry4edge

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Six Trends Accelerating the Smart Manufacturing Future

The Smart Manufacturing future is upon us with intelligent, real-time orchestration and optimization of business, physical and digital processes within factories and across the entire value chain that delivers the end-product. A value chain wherein resources and processes are automated,... Continue reading

Posted Feb 24, 2020 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Smart Manufacturing Feud Verifies MOM and Digital Twin Popularity

MESA had a recent web event focused on Smart Manufacturing with a game show type of format and an opportunity for the audience to participate through polls. The Smart Manufacturing Community Feud was initially inspired on the Family Feud game... Continue reading

Posted Jan 20, 2020 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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This Industry 4.0 Revolution is Very Different – It’s About Ecosystem Transformation

I experienced the end of the Third Industrial Revolution as I began my career in manufacturing. Closed government and private networks gave way to an open network called the Internet. Numerical Controlled (NC) machines, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), and Personal... Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2019 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Manufacturing Operations Management Takes Center Stage for Industry 4

Many new technologies are being introduced these days into manufacturing, yet the Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) or Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)—which has been around for decades—is viewed as a fundamental enabler for the Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 digital transformation.... Continue reading

Posted Jul 5, 2019 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Taking Evolutionary Steps Towards Smart Manufacturing

In a recent article we discussed the hidden treasures within manufacturers’ existing systems. If the organization has already taken steps to go paperless and get the most out of existing systems, what do they work on next? We tend to... Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2019 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Hidden Treasures In Plain Sight - at the Manufacturer’s Shelf

There are hidden treasures at the manufacturer’s shelf and we are not talking about the inventory shelf. We are talking in this article about the IT shelf of already owned software that is not being used. More specifically about the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2019 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Shaping Skills and Culture for the Factory of the Future

The “factory of the future” is not just about implementing new technologies like smart machines, cloud platforms, edge devices, robots, and artificial intelligence. It is about a business transformation that requires a shift in mindset and organizational culture to engage... Continue reading

Posted Dec 11, 2018 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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Manufacturing Technology and IT Trends Update - Spring 2018

I was fortunate to participate at several industry conferences this spring listening and speaking with many leaders and practitioners working on innovation initiatives for their manufacturing companies under the general theme of Smart and Digital Manufacturing transformation. A few noteworthy... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2018 at Manufacturing Operations Management Talk

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