Just what do polystyrene, PET, polypropylene, compostable, biodegradable and recyclable mean anyway?
Going Green – and Going Crazy? Just what do polystyrene, PET, polypropylene, compostable, biodegradable and recyclable mean anyway? Are you considering an alternative to your foamed plastic food trays, but confused as to what the differences are among the various options? If so, you’re not alone! So, we’ve decided to answer the most frequently asked […]
How Orlando’s Work With Digital Twins May Change How We Engineer Everything
Orlando BRANDVOICE By Michael Keller Just 30 minutes south of downtown Orlando, among farms, housing developments and parks, sits a portal into a mirror world of ones and zeros — a virtual reality that peers into the future and helps engineers perfect products before they’re made. To design advanced microelectronics, BRIDG is among the first in […]
What is digital transformation in manufacturing?
Ran across this article on MIT Sloan Management Review written by Vijay Govindarajan and Jeffrey R. Immelt It includes one of the better descriptions I have run across for digital transformation for manufacturers: “A digital transformation entails reimagining products and services as digitally enabled assets; generating new value from the interconnection of physical and digital assets […]
HOW THE RIGHT MATERIALS MANAGEMENT PERSON SAVED A MANUFACTURER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
How the right material management (astronaut) saved a manufacturer millions of dollars When you say materials management to a non-manufacturing person, they often have visions of moving boxes around or driving raw materials around the factory on a forklift. When you say materials management to a manufacturer, they often think of the most important person in the […]
Stereolithography, one of the oldest and most established 3D printing technologies
Stereolithography (SL), the first 3D-printing technology, has seen continued innovation in equipment, materials, and application know-how over the last 30 years and has one of the largest globally installed bases of all additive-manufacturing technologies. However, SL technology, even in its current state of advanced development, has often taken a backseat to news generated by the […]
Agile Method for Digital Products
The Agile Manifesto: The document, formally called the “Manifesto for Agile Software Development,” was produced by 17 developers during an outing on Feb. 11-13, 2001, at The Lodge at Snowbird ski resort in Utah. The developers, who called themselves the Agile Alliance, were seeking an overhaul of the software development processes that they saw as cumbersome, unresponsive […]