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Maslow Goes to the Factory: The Hierarchy of Manufacturing Needs
Sep 26, 2025
Maslow Goes to the Factory: The Hierarchy of Manufacturing Needs
Sep 26, 2025

Factories have needs too. Just like Maslow taught us about people, manufacturers must climb their own pyramid.

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Sep 26, 2025
Stay Ready, So You Don’t Have to Get Ready: Thriving Amid Disruption
Sep 24, 2025
Stay Ready, So You Don’t Have to Get Ready: Thriving Amid Disruption
Sep 24, 2025

Disruption Doesn’t Knock, It Kicks Down Doors

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Sep 24, 2025
Think Fast, Think Local: The Edge Advantage in Manufacturing
Sep 22, 2025
Think Fast, Think Local: The Edge Advantage in Manufacturing
Sep 22, 2025

Edge Computing Explained: From Shop Floor Sensors to AI-Powered Insights, Right Where the Work Gets Done

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Sep 22, 2025
Time Is Money: How Poor Code Management Drains the Factory Floor
Sep 18, 2025
Time Is Money: How Poor Code Management Drains the Factory Floor
Sep 18, 2025

Every second counts on the factory floor, yet countless hours slip away due to messy code management.

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Sep 18, 2025
Moving from Linear to Intelligent Production Planning
Sep 15, 2025
Moving from Linear to Intelligent Production Planning
Sep 15, 2025

Spreadsheets don’t win supply chains; intelligence does; the winners will be those who replace static rows and columns with living systems that think, learn, and respond.

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Sep 15, 2025
The Illusion of Alignment: How Siloed Data Derails Strategy
Sep 10, 2025
The Illusion of Alignment: How Siloed Data Derails Strategy
Sep 10, 2025

Half-truths are more dangerous than lies. Because lies you can spot. Half-truths feel real. They give you just enough confidence to act… but not enough clarity to succeed.

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Sep 10, 2025
The Rise of the CAIO (Chief AI Officer)
Sep 3, 2025
The Rise of the CAIO (Chief AI Officer)
Sep 3, 2025

AI is rewriting the rules of competition; the Chief AI Officer is the editor-in-chief.

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Sep 3, 2025
Planning Horizons in Manufacturing: The Hidden Divider Between Leaders and Laggards
Aug 27, 2025
Planning Horizons in Manufacturing: The Hidden Divider Between Leaders and Laggards
Aug 27, 2025

Do You Plan for Tomorrow or Today? What Your Horizon Says About Your Future

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Aug 27, 2025
The AI Hamster Wheel
Aug 21, 2025
The AI Hamster Wheel
Aug 21, 2025

Measuring speed means nothing if direction never changes

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Aug 21, 2025
When Code Becomes the Culprit
Aug 19, 2025
When Code Becomes the Culprit
Aug 19, 2025

Everyone loves to blame machines for downtime.
But machines aren’t the problem.

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Aug 19, 2025
Industry 4.0 in a Nutshell: The Race You Didn’t Know You Were In
Aug 18, 2025
Industry 4.0 in a Nutshell: The Race You Didn’t Know You Were In
Aug 18, 2025

Industry 4.0 is a race. The problem? Not everyone knows they’re in it yet.

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Aug 18, 2025
The Art, and Risk, of Misplaced Priorities in the Age of AI
Aug 14, 2025
The Art, and Risk, of Misplaced Priorities in the Age of AI
Aug 14, 2025

Some companies are masters at setting priorities… just not the right ones.

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Aug 14, 2025
What Comes After Digital Transformation?
Aug 11, 2025
What Comes After Digital Transformation?
Aug 11, 2025

You've transformed your tech. Now transform your yhinking

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Aug 11, 2025
When the Tool You Love Is Secretly Holding You Back
Aug 8, 2025
When the Tool You Love Is Secretly Holding You Back
Aug 8, 2025

Excel doesn’t have a learning curve. It has a dependency problem

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Aug 8, 2025
The Hard Truths of Industry 4.0, Simplified
Aug 5, 2025
The Hard Truths of Industry 4.0, Simplified
Aug 5, 2025

Everyone talks about Industry 4.0 strategy. No one talks about the ways it secretly falls apart.

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Aug 5, 2025
Modernize, Optimize & Transform
Jul 30, 2025
Modernize, Optimize & Transform
Jul 30, 2025

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Jul 30, 2025
We Shape Our Tools; Then They Shape Us
Jul 27, 2025
We Shape Our Tools; Then They Shape Us
Jul 27, 2025

You’re Not Just Using AI. It’s Using You, Too.

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Jul 27, 2025
Making Industry 4.0 Work: Lessons from Jeff Winter on Change, Culture, and Technology
Jul 25, 2025
Making Industry 4.0 Work: Lessons from Jeff Winter on Change, Culture, and Technology
Jul 25, 2025

This article profiles Jeff Winter’s journey into Industry 4.0 and explores how digital transformation, data integration, and cultural change are revolutionizing maintenance into a proactive, strategic driver of manufacturing success.

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Jul 25, 2025
Strategic Thinking for Industry 4.0
Jul 24, 2025
Strategic Thinking for Industry 4.0
Jul 24, 2025

This isn’t a tech stack…it’s a decision stack. Build it in this order or build excuses later.

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Jul 24, 2025
The Real Cost of Doing Nothing
Jul 15, 2025
The Real Cost of Doing Nothing
Jul 15, 2025

Digital transformation isn’t expensive. Irrelevance is.

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Jul 15, 2025
Manufacturing Technology Investment 2025
Jul 10, 2025
Manufacturing Technology Investment 2025
Jul 10, 2025

We’re Not Underinvesting in Tech. We’re Underinvesting in Readiness.

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Jul 10, 2025
AI Maturity in 2025
Jul 8, 2025
AI Maturity in 2025
Jul 8, 2025

The State of AI Maturity in 2025: Scaling Ambition, Stumbling on Execution

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Jul 8, 2025
U.S. Manufacturing Megaprojects - July 2025
Jul 7, 2025
U.S. Manufacturing Megaprojects - July 2025
Jul 7, 2025

U.S. manufacturing is stuck in neutral...but $560 billion says it won’t be for long.

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Jul 7, 2025
Paper Thinking in a Digital World
Jul 6, 2025
Paper Thinking in a Digital World
Jul 6, 2025

Digital transformation doesn’t start with a tool, it starts with letting go of the paper that made the old one feel safe.

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Jul 6, 2025
The Franken-System: Built to Survive, Not to Last
Jul 3, 2025
The Franken-System: Built to Survive, Not to Last
Jul 3, 2025

Your Franken-System Is Showing

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Jul 3, 2025
Modernizing Demand Forecasting in Manufacturing
Jul 3, 2025
Modernizing Demand Forecasting in Manufacturing
Jul 3, 2025

Yesterday’s Sales Can’t See Tomorrow’s Storm, But AI Can

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Jul 3, 2025
What is Digital Maturity?
Jun 25, 2025
What is Digital Maturity?
Jun 25, 2025

If you’re trying to measure progress, stop counting dashboards. Start counting seamlessness.

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Jun 25, 2025
Who is Driving Smart Manufacturing in 2025?
Jun 24, 2025
Who is Driving Smart Manufacturing in 2025?
Jun 24, 2025

You can outsource your technology, but not your accountability

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Jun 24, 2025
You Can’t Scale Excellence with Spreadsheets
Jun 19, 2025
You Can’t Scale Excellence with Spreadsheets
Jun 19, 2025

If your operations still run on Excel... this might be the part where you start hearing the Jaws theme.

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Jun 19, 2025
From Theory to Practice: How AI Is Being Utilized in 2025
Jun 18, 2025
From Theory to Practice: How AI Is Being Utilized in 2025
Jun 18, 2025

How does 2025 compare to 2024? The answers are shockingly different

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Jun 18, 2025

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