Small and medium-sized UK manufacturing businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to design new products for their customers, citing innovation as a key challenge for the industry as a whole. This is the key finding of this year’s SME Barometer Research commissioned by Exact.
Northumberland-based advanced manufacturing firm, Thermacore Europe, has used its lean and green approach to growth in order to reach a major milestone.
Recently, the Smarter Operations team at IQPC spoke to Bob Koonce - Former Commanding Officer with the US Nuclear Navy - on creating a high reliability culture and leadership’s responsibility in identifying and addressing cultural gaps.
Leading sensor manufacturer, Balluff has unveiled its new family of network solutions based on the industry's newest and fastest industrial Ethernet network – CC-Link IE Field.
The spotlight on R&D and innovation, which has historically been synonymous with multi-nationals, has shifted more recently towards small and medium-sized businesses, according to The State of Engineering 2015 report. Dr Graeme Malcolm shares his experiences of bringing the SolsTiS to market through building his own business M-Squared Lasers.
The world doesn’t stand still. So, it’s important for manufacturers to keep abreast of emerging manufacturing technology trends—both in terms of IT, as well as core manufacturing technologies. What are the key manufacturing takeaways from Gartner’s top technology trends? Andy Gough, general manager at Datawright discusses.
IoT is set to transform manufacturing by optimising supply chains, improving efficiencies, reducing waste and increasing profits. HSO – a leading provider of innovative enterprise business solutions – explores how.
While the fourth industrial revolution reveals the perks and pitfalls of digitized production, companies are facing challenges and opportunities like never before.
