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7 New Manufacturing Trends for the Next Decade
A recent report by the World Economic Forum and Deloitte, points to some big changes ahead for manufacturing. Many factors will influence the manufacturing and supply-chain landscape over the next few decades. Increased innovation and manufacturing capabilities and rising wages will transform low-cost labor countries into wealthier consumer markets. And macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges—including exposure to currency volatility, debt pressures …
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Tagged global manufacturing, green energy, manufacturing, STEM, supply chain
3 Questions for a FIRST Mentor
Last week, I caught up with Keith Gargiulo of PTC. Gargiulo is a mentor for FIRST Robotics team MARS WARS, based out of Metamora, Illinois. He’s a passionate advocate for the FIRST program, so I wanted to ask him why and how he got involved with mentoring. Here’s what he had to say: Can you describe your job as a …
Students Take on Aeronautical Design Challenge, Get Job Offers From Industry
Orville and Wilbur Wright first became interested in flight as boys when their father gave them a rubber-band-powered helicopter toy. And on a brisk winter’s day in 1903 the brothers became the first to pilot a heavier-than-air machine for a prolonged length of time. The pair crashed most of the planes they built, but they never gave up. Over a …
Brightest Engineering Minds Focus on Asteroids to Sustain Life and Provide Riches
Not quite satisfied with his recent landmark trip to the very depths of the Pacific Ocean, movie maker and extreme explorer James Cameron is backing a new mission to mine precious metals and minerals from asteroids orbiting the Earth. Cameron, along with Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt will bankroll the new project pioneered by Washington-based startup Planetary Resources, it …
What Not to Do in Product Development: The Case of a Swedish Warship
When I hear the words “product development,” I think about the latest consumer gadgets, manufacturing, time-to-market, global supply chains. Product development is not a modern concept, but rather, old processes and strategies which have been evolving for many years as a result of age-old challenges. I recently took my children to the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, where the big …
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Tagged defense, manufacturing, product design, product development, shipping
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New Wave-Power Technology Brings Jobs to Europe
Globalization and fierce competition in the market place has led to the outsourcing of traditional manufacturing jobs in Scandinavia to regions with lower manufacturing cost. But Swedish company Seabased, together with Finnish energy company Fortum, is trying to turn the tide with the construction of the world’s largest wave power plant. It’s hoped the plant will create a new revenue …
Rookie Robotics Team Gears Up for FIRST Championships
MARS WARS—a student robotics team based in Metamora, Illinois, just can’t contain its excitement. The team’s been invited to participate in the FIRST Robotics championships in St. Louis in just a few weeks time. Metamora teachers and students decided they wanted to start a robotics team after attending last year’s FIRST regional playoffs. And with a lot of hard work …
New Study Reveals Risks to Apparel Supply Chain
Retail companies are well aware of the risks and variables associated with the apparel supply chain. And the last couple of years have been tougher than usual, with rising cotton costs ($1 per lb in late 2010) and shipping costs, along with labor wage increases in Bangladesh, China and India. A new report out this month, “Risk analysis of the …
Top Luxury Brand Stays Ahead with PLM
When only the best is good enough, Bang & Olufsen is the first stop in audio and video solutions for the home and car – that is, if you’re shopping in the Aston Martin, Mercedes AMG, BMW or Audi segment. On its homepage, Bang & Olufsen proudly refers to itself as “an icon of performance and design excellence [with] a …
Industry Leaders, Educators and Government Collaborate at STEM Symposium
Did you know that over the past 50 years taxpayer investment in technology and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education has directly produced more than half of the nation’s economic growth? And yet 2.6 million jobs, mainly in fields like healthcare, aerospace, advanced precision manufacturing, scientific laboratory occupations, and computer-related design, are unfilled, according to a May 2010 U.S. …
Olympic Feats: Behind-the-Scenes Engineering at London’s Summer Games
As the world’s greatest athletes prepare for glory on the unrivaled stage of the summer Olympic Games in London, one group of participants is hoping not to be noticed at all. The international team providing technology services for the largest sporting event on earth is in the months-long testing stages of a system it’s taken four years to build, but …
