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Boston Hub for PLM Software
When we think about high-tech, our minds naturally wonder to Silicon Valley. But in the 1950s through to the 80s, Route 128 in Greater Boston was the technology hotspot, with companies like Sun Microsystems, EMC Corporation and Raytheon calling it home. Today, Route 128 is the center for PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software, technology that manages the entire product lifecycle from conception …
5 Ways You Didn’t Know CAM Was Being Used
Recently, I spent some free time discovering a new (for me, at least) world. I’m referring to CAM (Computer Aided manufacturing) and some of the fascinating ways that this technology is being used today. What surprised me most was the extent to which CAM is now utilized by those whose work involves personal craftsmanship and/or creativity. Here are just a …
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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Bridging the Gap: Making Education Work for Industry
At the Real World Design Challenge in Washington DC last month high-school teams from around the United States presented their eco-friendly aircraft and land transport designs to an impressive lineup of officials from industry, education and government. Projected on the podium backdrop was a personal letter from President Obama. It read: “America has always been a nation of discoverers, tinkerers …
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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Is Automation Stealing Manufacturing Jobs?
Are robots and other technological innovations reducing the number of manufacturing jobs? Evidence seems to point in that direction. The Wall Street Journal recently noted that: “In no other U.S. recovery since World War II have companies been simultaneously faster to boost spending on machines and software, while slower to add people to run them. Since the economy began growing …
Build-Your-Own Car: New Trends in Auto Design Crowdsourcing
A growing list of car companies are mobilizing an army of inspired amateur car designers from around the world to create, share, modify and build new vehicle designs. Commonly acknowledged as the first crowdsourced vehicle, the design of the Fiat Mio concept car was outsourced to a large group. After soliciting design input, Fiat posted entries on its project website …
Managing Growth in the Wind Energy Business
“You don’t get so many second chances when you build a wind turbine,” says Jonas Hagner, ICT director at WinWinD, an Espoo, Finland based company that specializes in wind turbines for global markets. When you look at the photograph showing a WinWinD turbine rotor blade ready for assembly, you get an idea of what he is talking about. What looks …
Economic Recovery Spells More Automation, Less Jobs in Manufacturing
The question of whether productivity improvements driven by automation technology kill or create jobs has been argued over for centuries, and the debate is still going strong. Even President Obama weighed in recently: “There are some structural issues with our economy where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers,” he told …
The U.S. Doesn’t Make Things Anymore, Does it?
As a former resident of Michigan who now lives in Massachusetts, I am frequently irked to hear: “The U.S. doesn’t make things anymore.” This comment strikes a nerve because I was born in what was at least then a great manufacturing center. My father and brother spent most of their lives working in the manufacturing industry. If U.S. manufacturing is …
