Manufacturing Trends 2024 Review: What Came True?

As we step into 2025, it’s time to look back at the manufacturing trends 2024 review. How did the major predictions play out? Did they solve real-world problems or simply fuel more hype? At Beyond the Buzzwords, we’ve always focused on cutting through industry noise to deliver actionable insights for manufacturing leaders. Let’s reflect on the biggest …

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Is Your Leadership Obsolete? Embracing Industry 4.0 Leadership or Risk Falling Behind

Industry 4.0 leadership in 30 seconds… In an era where the narrative of manufacturing leadership is being rewritten by the relentless march of digitalisation and innovation, the HiveMind webinar, underscored by the sagacity of Nick Leeder, emerges as a seminal beacon for those at the helm of manufacturing enterprises. This blog unfurls the insights from …

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Is MES a key part of a digital strategy for a manufacturer?

Welcome to the second instalment of our “Monday MES” series of posts. In this post we explore whether why MES is a key part of a digital strategy for a manufacturer. Why should MES be a key part of any digital manufacturing strategy? MES is a key part of a digital strategy for a manufacture …