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HBR Article: A Manager's Guide to Augmented Reality
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May 22, 2017PTC: PPT of How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Competition and Companies
Aug 15, 2018Connected Service Equipment Knowledge as Competitive Power
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Leading by Example: Technology Companies Help Save Scarce Water Resources
Jul 5, 2017Why Manufacturers Need to Rethink How They Value Water
Mar 28, 2017Benefits of Creating a Corporate Water Strategy – and Tips for Ensuring Success
Mar 18, 20175 Ideas for Improving Energy Use
Aug 16, 2018
Powering Innovation in Manufacturing
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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General Mills invites office staff to work in plants
Apr 3, 2020
General Mills is allowing office employees to work in its manufacturing plants to help meet increased demand, and the food company is also issuing daily bonuses to production employees for at least four weeks. "Our most important objectives are the continued health and safety of our employees and our ongoing ability to serve our consumers around the world. We see it as imperative that we help ensure a steady and reliable food supply for people and pets," said Jeff Harmening, chairman and CEO of General Mills. Twin Cities Business (Minneapolis) (4/2)
What to look for in a self-contained breathing apparatus
Apr 3, 2020
When choosing a self-contained breathing apparatus for responding to fires at industrial sites, manufacturers should first do a site risk assessment and consider the apparatus' material and features, Derek Roy writes. Occupational Health & Safety (4/2020)
E-commerce, e-procurement helping supply chains now
Apr 3, 2020
Manufacturers can mitigate the supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic by making greater use of e-commerce and e-procurement and focusing more on direct-to-consumer sales, says Brady Behrman, CEO of software company PunchOut2Go. "E-commerce and procurement automation radically reduce supply-chain friction and delays, generating the supply-chain agility that manufacturers will need in the coming weeks," he says. Digital Commerce 360 (4/1)
How manufacturers can improve distributor relationships
Apr 3, 2020
Manufacturers need to understand the different kinds of distributors and the cost pressures they face in order to have a good working relationship with them, writes consultant Frank Hurtte. He recommends that both sides use data to make the best-informed decisions possible. Industrial Supply magazine (March-April 2020)
How to guard against insider threats
Apr 3, 2020
Companies performing critical manufacturing are at particularly high risk of cyberattacks by insiders, so they need to "take proactive and ongoing measures" to prevent them, writes Michael Crouse. He recommends going over possible scenarios, enacting dynamic user protection and communicating with employees about risks. New Equipment Digest (4/2)
Merck, Eli Lilly help keep health care workers on front lines
Apr 3, 2020
Merck and Eli Lilly are among the companies rolling out paid volunteer programs for their employees who are qualified medical professionals and want to help provide relief during the coronavirus pandemic. "COVID-19 is one of the greatest challenges the global community will ever face, and our heroic health care professionals are, unquestionably, on the front-lines of that fight," said Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier. The Business Journals (tiered subscription model) (4/1)
GE Aviation enacts furloughs; Boeing proposes buyouts
Apr 3, 2020
GE Aviation has announced that half of its engine manufacturing employees will be furloughed for four weeks due to the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Boeing is offering voluntary buyouts "to reduce the need for other workforce actions," CEO Dave Calhoun says. CNBC (4/2)
Feb. factory orders remain steady, Commerce Dept. says
Apr 3, 2020
New US factory orders stayed the same in February as in January, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The coronavirus pandemic likely played a role in the lack of growth. Reuters (4/2)