TAKEAWAYS A Letter from the Editor Over the last several months, we interviewed 20 sources around the world to decipher what blockchain is all about and how it is likely to impact manufacturing.These days mirror the late 1990s when the Internet evolved to widespread use. The topic bedeviled many at the time, but others—in banking and entertainment, for example—who Read More
Combined with AI, IoT, Blockchain Can Meet Many Supply Chain Challenges
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Blockchain technology is becoming a key player in modernizing supply chains to enable easy tracking, automate transactions and delivery, and build end-to-end trust, Chandra Narayanaswami, principal research staff member, Member IBM Academy of Technology at IBM Research, told people attending a smart manufacturing session at the MD&M West conference here last Read More
IN BLOCKCHAIN WE TRUST
The technology behind the rise of cryptocurrencies is widely expected to bring ‘a common source of truth’ to manufacturingAdditive manufacturing primed for blockchain adoption SAP, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Dow Chemical, DMDII, L’Oréal, ITAMCO, Akeoplus, Siemens, Rockwell also try blockchain on for size Accountability beckons in food and beverage industry App Read More
Tracking the Trends From 2018 and Beyond
I get to observe, read about or write on manufacturing trends nearly every day. Around this time of year (mid-December), lots of manufacturing Top 10 Trends lists are published. I was curious about how many of these trends SME Media has covered in the last year and plans to cover in 2019. Since I have to pack this into a small space, I’ve focused on five trends.Workforce Read More
SIMBA Chain Wins U.S. Air Force Contract for Logistics, Supply Chain
Cloud-based blockchain-as-a-service platform SIMBA Chain (Plymouth, IN) was awarded a government contract that will see the U.S. Air Force leverage its platform as it explores how blockchain technology can improve its logistics and supply-chain capabilities.The Air Force has a highly complex logistics and supply chain network, which moves millions of parts around the world. Read More
Ooh-la-la! These French firms are focused on people and what drives them
What's sexy? Try 3D printing, cobots, Yammer, VR, AR, blockchain technology CHICAGO—When a Schindler Elevators field technician goes in to fix an elevator these days, he is not alone; along for the ride is a top-level technician working in a far-away operating center “who is able to tell him exactly what cable he should be repairing”—because the field technician Read More