During the last 20 years, globalization has drastically changed the manufacturing world. No longer bound by geography, many companies moved their production elsewhere solely based on the reduction in labor […]

Last friday we were attacked from a Cryptolocker Virus. CryptoLocker is a ransomware trojan which targets computers running Microsoft Windows, believed to have first been posted to the Internet on 5 September 2013. CryptoLocker […]

Industrial and economic analysts predict that over the next ten years the demand for mass-produced, highly personalized products will guide innovation of production processes and organization. This will require the […]

I know Dr. Peter Martin from a long time and I always valued his knowledge and enthusiasm. I recently attended his speach at the CSIA conference in Washington DC. It was […]

I recently attended three different conferences. One of the common themes that emerged is the value that statistical data processing can bring to the manufacturing process. This is referred to […]

CSIA Conference 2015 is over and I’m leaving Washington DC with a strong sense of frustration. Not because I feel to have spent poorly the money to attend it, but […]

When referencing big manufacturing trends these days—those trends that evolve rapidly and have a significant impact on changing operations where they are applied—we are often referring to one of four […]

I’m very proud to publish this post written from one of my employees. Alberto is a very good software developer (and an amazing guitar player – click here to visit […]

This column is the third (and last) installment on how the less conventional agile project management approach can be crucial to manufacturing execution system (MES)/manufacturing operations management (MOM) project success for the […]

Internet of Things is one of the buzz words we are listening frequently, often mentioned with Big Data and Cloud. Many times I’ve heard people using IoT just for marketing purposes […]