Category: Digital Transformation

As manufacturers are busy digitizing operations and processes, it can be beneficial to learn from those that have gone before down this road. By doing so, traditional manufacturers and supply chain providers can learn from history to better navigate this point of transition in their industry.

We have a generational conflict going on in MRO and sustainment operations. Veteran personnel, many of whom are nearing retirement age, have learned invaluable, hands-on skills. The new crop of arrivals have quite a different orientation, growing up in a digital world.

LNS Research analyst Matthew Littlefield recently wrote a blog on the digital transformation at Lockheed Martin. Its F-35 fighter jet program is a good example of how to use digitization to align technology adoption with strategic objectives.

Digitally advanced companies are not just those focused on the consumer. As it turns out, there are digitization champions in just about every vertical. This includes the aerospace and defense industries where the goal is comprehensive digitization of manufacturing to encompass all shop floor, administrative, management and supply chain interactions.

5G is upon us as every major telecom company is in a mad dash to bring 5G near you. The real question is, are enterprises ready to take advantage of the new 5G enhancements? And, just as important, are their enterprise applications ready for 5G?

Read about the importance of using your Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to full capacity for software, equipment, and data integration.

iBaseT discusses the progress of manufacturing toward digitization and how creating a digital enterprise will benefit complex manufacturers.

A recent article by McKinsey exposes the inadequacies of corporate strategy for digitization. Most strategies...

Digital manufacturing technology is quickly becoming the norm. Explore the latest expertise in planning for manufacturing digitization.