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Rockwell Smart Manufacturing Report : Key Insights to Unlock Efficiency and Growth

by Nick LeederBeyond the Buzzwords, Transformation Tuesday, White Papers 9 July 20244 July 2024Comments are Disabled

Executive Summary This week in Transformation Tuesday, we take a look at Rockwell Automation’s “9th Annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report”, illuminating the path to enhanced efficiency, innovation, and profitability. The report distils key trends and technologies into six vital themes: Adoption of Emerging Technologies, Data Management and Utilization, Cybersecurity, Sustainability and ESG, Workforce Development, …

The New Era of Industrial Strategies

by Nick LeederIGNITEit!, Thought Leadership, World Economic Forum 2 February 20241 April 2024Comments are Disabled

We are excited to share that Nick Leeder & Co. has contributed to the new report The New Era of Industrial Strategies: Tackling Grand Challenges through Public-Private Collaboration in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, UNIDO and Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy. The background of the report looks at the impact on industrial strategies as the …

Thoughts on Industry 4.0

by Nick LeederIGNITEit!, Podcasts, Thought Leadership 2 May 20231 April 2024Comments are Disabled

A week back from Hannover Messe 2023, I am sharing my thoughts on Industry 4.0 and what this means to manufacturers. In collaboration with Konektio, I will be looking at the implications of technology on manufacturing operations over the next few weeks though a series of podcasts. Last week I posted about what industry 4.0 …

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Nick Leeder talks to SME Focus Programme

by Nick LeederACCELERATEit!, Podcasts, REDUCEit!, SEEit!, Thought Leadership 1 April 20231 April 2024Comments are Disabled

Our very own Nick Leeder talks to SME Focus Programme last Saturday about things ranging from condition based monitoring, data and the spiralling cost of energy for UK manufacturers. SMEFocus is the new programme showcasing our brilliant SMEs. For manufacturers, by manufacturers. The weekly show is hosted by Chris Greenough, Chief Commercial Officer of Shrewsbury-based SDE …

Reflections from Digital Manufacturing Week

by Nick LeederACCELERATEit!, Events, IGNITEit!, REDUCEit! 9 December 20221 April 2024Comments are Disabled

November has historically been an important month in the UK for the manufacturing industry with Digital Manufacturing Week and the Manufacturing Leaders Summit. Nick spend the week in Liverpool with a number of our clients and had the opportunity to be on stage with the team from Konektio. Click on the link below to read …

One Step at a Time and SIRI – MWorX 2022

by Nick LeederEvents, IGNITEit! 1 October 20221 April 2024Comments are Disabled

It was awesome to be part of the MWorx 2022 event in Berlin this year. So much great content from some amazing speakers. We have assembled some useful links and content that our Nick Leeder shared in his presentation “One step at a time…” about how the route to profitable and sustainable transformation in manufacturing …

Every manufacturing plant needs a custom AI system

by Nick LeederACCELERATEit!, Podcasts 10 May 20221 April 2024Comments are Disabled

The future of AI in manufacturing is complex, every plant makes something different. So every plant needs a custom AI system that is trained on their data.

Where does art end and manufacturing begin?

by Nick LeederEvents, Friday Inspiration, Friday Inspiration 15 April 20221 April 2024Comments are Disabled

The Atos Manufacturing Art Exhibition explores the relationship between art, design, imagination and industry. It delivers an exciting and engaging display that promises to be an empowering playground designed to motivate manufacturers, engineers, and business leaders. So where does art end and manufacturing begin? The Atos Manufacturing Art Exhibition ‘22 brings together 16 renowned multi-discipline …

Reducing the carbon footprint of the manufacturing industry through data sharing

by Nick LeederREDUCEit!, World Economic Forum 6 April 20221 April 2024Comments are Disabled

A really interesting read about the need for data sharing needs to drive sustainability changes. Global manufacturing and production sectors are responsible for 20% of the world’s carbon emissions! While the need to reduce the industrial carbon footprint is high, the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is a first step to successfully measure and determine the …

Driving sustainability in industrial clusters

by Nick LeederREDUCEit!, White Papers 5 April 20221 April 2024Comments are Disabled

This is a really interesting white paper from Microsoft and Accenture driving sustainability in industrial clusters to help cut emissions and accelerate the drive to net-zero. Industrial clusters are geographic areas comprised of co-located companies that represent a single or multiple industries, such as refining, cement or steel. With industry responsible for 30 percent of …