In the age of Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing relies on multiple technologies to improve performance. One technology is digital twins (DT), which interact with AI, machine learning and more to help companies develop/maintain…
Per WSJ, Ukraine stopped buying nuclear fuel from Russia after their invasion in 2022. Russia had been their top supplier and nuclear power accounted for more than half of Ukraine’s electricity generation. Westinghouse…
Per WSJ, the cup of coffee is a social and environmental disaster. However, synthetic coffee is poised to come to your dining table. Worldwide, people drink 2 billion cups of coffee daily. Since…
Per WSJ, the U.S. is years behind Russia and China in developing hypersonic missile technology. Silicon Valley wants to help the military catch up. Hypersonic aircraft/weapons can fly at 5x the speed of…
A.T. Kearney’s 2024 Reshoring Index (KRI) examines a U.S. market more reliant on goods made closer to home, continuing a trend over the past few years. The KRI increased significantly in 2023 as…
Per WSJ, approval of a $95 Billion aid package frees up funding that was held up in Congress for four months. Two-thirds of it will go toward new military equipment for Ukraine, Israel…
Per WSJ, U.S. companies, trying to reduce their exposure to China, are turning to factories in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia and Mexico. Many companies, including Apple and Tesla, have shifted some production…
Per MIT Technology Review, Twelve is a company to watch. They are commercializing a process to break down/reform CO2 into nearly any chemical now produced by fossil fuels. The company is producing sustainable…
Per Pharma’s Almanac, digital twins (DT) have many potential applications in the pharma industry, from accelerating drug discovery/development to optimizing manufacturing processes and clinical trials and potentially facilitating development of personalized medicines. One…
Per Harvard Business Review, most manufacturing/service operations repeat in some way; this provides the opportunity to continuously improve their underlying processes. Until recently, process improvement (PI) methods were performed by human experts. This…