Graphic with headshots of Suzy Teele, Maria Curry-Nkansah, Kathie Leonard, and Jeff Winters from the SXSW panel
Smart Industry
Automation, Digital Manufacturing, Event, Fabrics, Manufacturing Jobs, Smart Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Workforce
SXSW Quartet Contends With Last Five Years of Change in Manufacturing

Experts with diverse manufacturing backgrounds from the Manufacturing USA network, presenting at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, last month, explored U.S. manufacturing, what technologies the next few decades will bring, and what steps manufacturers big and small can take to future-proof their business.

While manufacturing has...

Control Design
Cybersecurity, Digital Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing
MxD Unveils 5G Network Security for Smart Manufacturing

Industrial machinery has become part of smart manufacturing lines that include sensing devices, robotics, artificial intelligence and machine vision systems (Figure 1). Increased efficiency, optimized output and reduced downtime are just a few of the benefits. To operate effectively, these systems require secure connectivity for real-time computing...

Ira Moskowitz photo
Inbound Logistics Magazine
Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing
Why We Need Advanced Manufacturing

What I learned over 40 years in manufacturing is that innovation and manufacturing are intertwined. Brilliant scientists and engineers invented some of the world’s most innovative and impactful products, and many of them need to be manufactured on innovative processes. But in many cases the knowledge that we gain by manufacturing those products...

Engineers Outlook
Smart Manufacturing
The Urgent Need to Align Business and Smart Manufacturing Strategy

written by Conrad Leiva, VP, Ecosystem, CESMII

There has been a rising interest in the pursuit of productivity improvements through the implementation of Smart Manufacturing (SM) technologies and CESMII, the U.S. Smart Manufacturing institute, has a national mandate to support and accelerate the adoption of these technologies and techniques. In...