SAN FRANCISCO—SyncFab will give more than 1,300 National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) members access to its advanced manufacturing blockchain platform, the company said today. As the national representative of the precision custom manufacturing industry, NTMA members generate more than $30 billion in sales combined.New SyncFab users will be able to build from an Read More
Get Fluent in Blockchain, Architect a Better Future
These days mirror the late 1990s, when the Internet evolved to widespread use—and the topic bedeviled many. But others—in banking and entertainment, for example—who quickly learned the new lingo and jumped at the chance to explore the Web’s potential benefited greatly.Today’s tantalizing topic: blockchain.Smart Manufacturing magazine interviewed 20 experts on blockchain Read More
SPECIAL REPORT: IN BLOCKCHAIN WE TRUST
The technology behind the rise of cryptocurrencies is widely expected to bring 'a common source of truth' to manufacturingBlockchain, the public but secure ledger that propelled Bitcoin to success, is primed to move into manufacturing. Early use cases are presenting themselves in aerospace and defense, automotive and pharmaceutical manufacturing, as well as in any sector Read More
At Automate, Blockchain Described as ‘World Wide Ledger’
Intel reports achieving 1,200 transactions per second in its work with Hyperledger community, IBM CHICAGO–Blockchain, the distributed, encrypted, tamper-evident ledger platform that gave rise to Bitcoin, has birthed a new, foundational market concept to execute business transactions, Karim Lakhani, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, said recently Read More
Get Fluent in Blockchain, Architect a Better Future
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