Industry Analysts

	Going digital Although slow to take off amongst some manufacturing sectors, digital manufacturing’s potential is finally being realized on a much greater scale. The result is that manufacturing processes can be greatly speeded up, costs saved and lengthy installation of unnecessary equipment avoided. Dick Slansky, Senior Analyst for PLM and Discrete Manufacturing at ARC Advisory Group, highlights some of the benefits. More >>		Picture perfect Since the 1960s product design technologies have excelled ensuring that the design process is a more exact, quicker and sophisticated process. More >>
	Enabling innovation through PLM By Peter Bilello More >>		Model perfect Since the late 1980s, rapid prototyping techniques have developed into an integral component of the design process. More >>
	Why IP is the currency of tomorrow Over half of all companies surveyed in a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers don’t extract the full value from their intellectual property (IP). More >>		Chain reactions Earlier this year, Aberdeen undertook a major study of 210 enterprises to find out their plans for technology purchasing. More >>

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Moving materials with RFID
Next Generation Manufacturing talks with AMR Research’s Nigel Montgomery about the future of RFID, and how the technology will instigate a mindset change in the way the supply network operates.
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Towards the intelligent enterprise
Better utilization of data across the organization continues to be a top priority for companies across industries. As such, business intelligence, performance management and analytics should be top-of-mind topics. But how are manufacturing organizations approaching this challenge? Aberdeen Group’s Jim Trost provides the answers.
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Manufacturing for a new generation
Manufacturers have long been plagued with islands of systems and processes that are isolated within sites or departments.
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IT investment driving innovation
Many analysts contend that manufacturing innovation – and in particular, how companies make the most of the technology systems at their disposal – will be a key competitive differentiator over the next few years.
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