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The NPI Process: Not Just for Engineering

The New Product Introduction (NPI) process is often thought of as a process that is only relevant to product development and engineering teams. However, the NPI process can be beneficial to a wide range of teams within an organization, including marketing, sales, customer support, and even finance.  If you are looking to launch products more effectively, …

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Is Generative AI The Future of Engineering Design?

Generative AI is a rapidly growing field with the potential to revolutionize the way we design and engineer products. By using AI to generate new designs, engineers can explore a much wider range of possibilities and find optimal solutions that would be impossible to find manually. How can generative AI be used in design and …

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The Importance of the NPI Process for Developing the Next Big Thing…

Our previous posts looked at digital transformation in manufacturing. In this post we are switching gear and look at the New Product Introduction Process or the NPI process. For a long time, this process has been seen by many organisations as the process engineering developed new products. And here in lays the problem… It’s not. …

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What is Predictive Maintenance?

In the last article in the series we explore “predictive maintenance”. Why predictive maintenance you ask? In the earlier posts we looked at Industry 4.0, digital twins and the power of data. Predictive maintenance is a great use case where all of the three topics above come together in a practical and valuable example. What …

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What is a Digital Twin?

There is a new (old) buzzword in town, so what is a digital twin? A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object, process, or system. It is a computerized model that mimics the real-world object or system, allowing designers, engineers, and operators to visualize and simulate its behavior and performance in a …

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Thoughts on Industry 4.0

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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What’s the buzz with Industry 4.0?

According to a report by Accenture, Industry 4.0 technologies could add up to $14.2 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Yet Industry 4.0 as a concept has been around for over a decade (since 2011) and we have not seen much progress… So what’s the buzz with Industry 4.0? What is Industry 4.0? Industry 4.0 is a term …

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Why is CAD and PLM a hot topic at the moment?

I’ve worked in the Engineering and Manufacturing space for over 25 years now and something strange is happening at the moment… For some reason CAD and PLM is a hot topic for investors right now. Why could this be? Why is CAD and PLM is a hot topic for investors? CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and PLM …