Getting Started with Smart Manufacturing

By Erin Chase, Director, Operations Excellence & Digital Manufacturing, Johnson Controls Smart connected manufacturing systems are revolutionizing the way products are made and delivered. These systems use advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning to connect machines, people, and processes in real-time. This connectivity enables manufacturers […]
How is Business Process Reengineering Different From Other Process Improvement Methodologies?

By Angela Thurman, Founder & CEO, Thurman Co First, what is Business Process Reengineering? Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is a management strategy that focuses on analyzing and redesigning workflows and business processes within an organization to rethink how they work to improve customer service, cut operational costs, and become world-class competitors. BPR was popularized […]
Industry 4.0 – A Myth or Reality?

By Intelycx Industry 4.0 – A Myth or Reality? You have often heard Data is the new oil. Manufacturers have been inundated with data and they have been grappling to make sense of it through developing dashboards and drive their continuous improvement activities to drive productivity. The value is created when these team of […]
Introducing JF Ingram State Technical College

Annette Funderburk, MPA, President, JF Ingram State Technical College J.F. Ingram State Technical College (ISTC) was established for the sole purpose of providing educational services to incarcerated individuals in the Alabama prison system. Ingram State Technical College is the sole correctional career and technical education provider in the State of Alabama. Since the mid-1960’s, […]
XR at Work

In 2004, one of the best books about business networking ever written was published by my friend Ricky Steele. His book gets right to the middle of why it’s important to put others first in our business interactions and how serving others yields huge rewards for us, though it’s not why we serve. At a […]
You’re Automating All Wrong: Here’s the Real Game-Changer

By Devin Bhushan, Founder & CEO, Squint The future teeming with autonomous robots taking over the simplest tasks on the shop floor isn’t knocking on our doors yet. And frankly, that’s not where our focus should be. As a CEO immersed in the trenches of innovation, my take is this: Our biggest bet isn’t […]