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outcome-based service model = Better Customer Service Satisfaction Indicator Experience Economy Servitization - image courtesy of Depositphotos

Leadership

Switching to service: The top servitization stories of 2018

BusinessModels

Machine Data - Big data was critical in the Human Genome Project, the world's largest collaborative biological project.

Industrial Data & AI

How did manufacturers utilise ‘big data’ in 2018?

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Automation

What the Gatwick airport drone chaos can teach us about the tech

Drones

The MiR200 base robots moving around Factory 2050 independently during trials - image courtesy of AMRC.

Automation

Airbus working to transport aircraft wing assemblies autonomously in Wales

artificial intelligence

Digital Transformation

How was IoT technology utilised in 2018?

IoT

GSK will have a majority share of the venture (68%). - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Leadership

GSK and Pfizer agree huge £10bn healthcare merger

Female Engineer Quality Control Components In Factory - Quality Assurance - image courtesy of Despositphotos.

People & Skills

Can we fast track gender diversity in manufacturing?

Leadership

Bloodhound SSC: Yorkshire entrepreneur secures project’s future

The famous metal sculpture held together by Gripple's wire fastenings - image courtesy of Gripple.

Leadership

Employee ownership drives record profits for Sheffield business

The 2018 gala’s dinner chairs were Christine Bryant, Senior Vice President, Polyurethanes–North America, Covestro LLC; Karen S. Carter, Chief Inclusion Officer, The Dow Chemical Company; Bruce Chinn, President, Chevron Oronite Company LLC; Susan Ellerbusch, Chief Executive Officer, Air Liquide USA LLC; Erin N. Kane, President and Chief Executive Officer, AdvanSix Inc.; Kirsten Lund-Jurgensen, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc; and John Y. Televantos, Senior Partner, Arsenal Capital Partners.

Leadership

American Institute of Chemical Engineers praises companies for inspiring female engineers

Leadership

The impact of Brexit on the UK plastics industry