The annual UK Manufacturing Leaders Summit is running from the 9th to the 12th of November. I’m really excited about the opportunity to participate in this great event again this year. I’ll be participating in the discussion room for Smart Connected Operations and Factory Automation with Suresh Daniel of Coats PLC and will be covering …
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I am honoured to be taking part in a round table discussion at the World Manufacturing Forum 2020 about PREPAREDNESS & PRODUCTIVITY: Transform Traditional Businesses in High Tech Companies. This promises to be a lively discussion with other luminaries in the industry. Why not join me by clicking on the register button below. A quick …
This article was originally published on the PTC website I was trying to think of one word that could summarize the Future of Industrial Innovation Executives events that PTC and the Financial Times launched this November and December. I have settled on “watershed”, as the events have shown to the audience that digital transformation has come of age. The event …
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Really happy to be able to share with Connected Technology Solutions my thoughts on how augmented reality (AR) can enable organisations to respond, recover, and thrive in the age of digital transformation. In this session, I discussed specific use cases and how organisations are putting their people front and centre with AR to improve business …
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The COVID-19 global crisis continues to disrupt manufacturing and global supply chains with severe consequences for society, businesses, consumers, and the global economy. What short term actions do companies take to ensure business continuity and protect employees? How do they prepare for the rebound and increase the resilience in their manufacturing and supply systems? What …
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I was trying to think of one word that can summarise what I saw and heard at the #LeadersConference and #SmartFactoryExpo the past days in #Liverpool. The word is #POTENTIAL The #UK #manufacturing sector has amazing companies and talent which have the ability for us to compete against the best in the world. The 4th Industrial Revolution …
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The PLMPulse results are now in! Back in July 2017 a group of passionate and inquisitive individuals got together to try and understand where companies were in their PLM journeys. The premise was simple: PLM has always promised so much in terms of benefits, but has it delivered and if not, will it ever deliver? This …
Our founder, Nick Leeder’s grandfather-in-law was the General Secretary of the Nation Union of Blastfurancemen (NUB) in the UK in the 1970’s. He was a Welshman through and through and proud of the steel making industry in the country. At the start of the 1980’s he led the Union workers in industrial action against the then Conservative …