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Digital Thread vs. Digital Twin: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters in Manufacturing

2025-05-08T15:36:18+01:00

Digital Thread vs. Digital Twin: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters in Manufacturing As digital transformation reshapes the manufacturing world, two buzzwords consistently surface: Digital Thread and Digital Twin. While they sound similar and are often used interchangeably, they represent distinct — but complementary — concepts. Understanding the difference is more than semantics; it’s essential to unlocking the full potential of modern smart manufacturing. What is a Digital Twin? A Digital Twin is

Digital Thread vs. Digital Twin: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters in Manufacturing2025-05-08T15:36:18+01:00

The 7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

2025-04-14T09:22:59+01:00

In today's competitive business landscape, companies strive for operational excellence and efficiency to gain a competitive edge. One proven methodology that helps organizations achieve these goals is Lean Manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing is a systematic approach that focuses on eliminating waste and creating value for the customer. Central to this methodology are the "7 Wastes," also known as the "7 Mudas," which identify common sources of inefficiency within manufacturing processes. By understanding and addressing these

The 7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing2025-04-14T09:22:59+01:00

How to automate human tasks without creating robots

2024-03-26T16:26:21+00:00

As manufacturing facilities re-start around the world, it’s clear several efficient operating practices that are almost universally adopted will be somewhat reversed, certainly in the short-term, possibly longer. Take ‘just-in-time’ or lean manufacturing for example; made famous by Toyota and popular since the 70’s, manufacturers will need to rethink their supply chains to reduce exposure to potentially disruptive events.  As an opinion piece in the FT succinctly put it this weekend; more ‘just-in-case’ than

How to automate human tasks without creating robots2024-03-26T16:26:21+00:00

From zero-code to contact-tracing in under a week

2024-03-26T16:26:22+00:00

Have you ever wondered where all these contact-tracing and social-distancing solutions came from? It’s not like they were developed and ready to roll out – the use of technology to support back-to-work strategies is unprecedented in history. Unprecedented and unpredicted: up until March we’d barely thought about shutting down; up until April we’d never considered what it would mean to open back up, and here we are in May with a veritable smorgasbord of

From zero-code to contact-tracing in under a week2024-03-26T16:26:22+00:00

Don’t Judge a Tracking Technology by its Cover

2024-03-26T16:26:22+00:00

Don’t judge a book by its cover we are told, but I’ll admit that I’ve bought more than one volume based on its cover art. Those books haven’t always provided a life-changing literary experience, but what the heck? It was only a $10 gamble. An investment in location intelligence to underpin a process digitization strategy is somewhat more than a $10 proposition and selecting the right tracking technology deserves more thought than a perusal

Don’t Judge a Tracking Technology by its Cover2024-03-26T16:26:22+00:00
  • It’s about time automotive manufactures replace a 70-year-old technology

It’s about time automotive manufacturers replace a 70-year-old technology

2024-03-26T16:26:23+00:00

The barcode was first imagined in 1948 by Joseph Woodland, inspired by the dots and dashes of Morse code. Woodland was responding to a challenge set by a local retailer in Philadelphia, looking to find ways to speed up the process of checking-out in stores. By the 1960’s, an engineer, David Collins revived this idea and, combined with the availability of lasers, was putting thick and thin striped lines on railway cars so they

It’s about time automotive manufacturers replace a 70-year-old technology2024-03-26T16:26:23+00:00

Gone in 60 seconds – thinking beyond the fixed workstation

2024-03-26T16:26:23+00:00

Ever since Ransom Olds introduced the automotive assembly line in 1901, and Henry Ford the moving conveyor in 1913 we’ve pretty much been building cars the same way: cramming processes into fixed workstations. The fixed workstation is a very simple concept. Step 1: define the takt-time based on planned production volume, typically around 60 seconds for high volume. Step 2: set the line speed and workstation size to create 60s workstations. Step 3: divide

Gone in 60 seconds – thinking beyond the fixed workstation2024-03-26T16:26:23+00:00