Experts’ Blog on Manufacturing

This interview with Martin Kelman was first published in the Engineering magazine.Do you have a working definition of Industry 4.0? Industry 4.0 is about data and the services that can be enabled using data. It is about valuing data as much as any physical asset. The digital threads are the fuel that drives the smart [...]

In the second of a new series of articles, Mike James from ATS highlights how smart advisors are the perfect starting point for the journey into smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0.This article was first published in OnWindows.I first read about ‘smart advisors’ in a report published by industry analyst Gartner. The idea aligns well with our [...]

There is much talk about the internet of things. However, ‘things’ are just part of the plumbing. We connect devices, giving them, no more than, nominal intelligence. The real innovation is the internet of services. Manufacturers need to think through their business model: how can a product become a service with the long term related [...]

This article explores the success story at Landes. A business, which has thrived since 2010. How have they done it I wondered? Landes produces any shape in almost any material including complex free formed surfaces in metals such as high alloy steels or “Hastelloy”. The comprehensive production facilities include various robotised 5 axis machining centres and [...]

It’s the people that can make or break the success of an enterprise quality management system, says Mike James.Looking into the glass bowl of a manufacturing plant would be easy if the glass were not so misty. If every parameter were known and visible, accurate and selfcorrecting quality professionals could sit back and sip a [...]