Can a highly regulated pharmaceutical or biotech company trust AI in their GXP manufacturing operations? Apprentice says yes. In the past year, they have added GenAI for intelligent context-awareness to the Tempo MES / LES / Automation solution. Now, they have added agentic AI to automate production and lab processes further. It might sound like…
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Executive Strategies for Sustainable Business Success 2025
Over the last seven years we’ve researched what companies are doing to drive long-term, sustainable business success. This year we extend our focus with a new look at business sovereignty and a deeper look into AI. What are the biggest disruptors companies face? What strategies are companies adopting? What priorities are they placing on the…
Shipbuilding: Reducing Engineering Time Wasters
How can shipbuilding companies improve engineering productivity? Shipbuilding has become increasingly complex, with a growing number of owner and sustainability requirements, new technologies, suppliers, and co-makers. Engineers are critical to successfully meeting these requirements. Yet, engineers regularly lose productivity to non-value-add tasks that rob them of their ability to innovate and threaten their company’s ability…
Tulip: Evolving Operations for Modern Manufacturing
Reinventing MES/MOM and Operations We’ve followed Tulip since the early days and were excited to catch up and see what they have accomplished over the past year. From their inception, Tulip Interfaces deliberately set themselves apart from existing industry acronyms like MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) and MOM (Manufacturing Operations Management). This decision offered advantages and…
42Q – First MES/MOM to the Cloud and Still Going Strong
Where can discrete manufacturers go to find an MES/MOM solution developed by manufacturers with nearly a decade of production usage and experience as a multi-tenant cloud solution? 42Q, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanmina Corporation, is an obvious choice. They provide: Smart Factory, a fully featured MES/MOM solution, Connected Manufacturing, providing real-time visibility across diverse…