Can manufacturers maximize plant human resources as effectively as inventory and equipment? Covalent would say yes. That is what their workforce operations platform is designed to do: continuously maximize labor effectiveness. They continue to build out in multiple directions: functionally, beyond tracking training and job experience to creating an interactive skills matrix, optimizing work allocation,…
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Future-Proof Your Manufacturing Operations: Stories of the Journey to Confident Agility with AI
Facing Skill Shortages, Intense Competition, and Supply Chain Chaos? Are You Ready to Adapt? In today’s volatile market, operational agility is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity to future-proof your manufacturing operations. Our own researcher Julie Fraser joined a panel of experts from electronics, powder coatings, and building products for an interactive webinar on…
Kanoa is Building MES for the Masses
Can MES be available for manufacturers of all sizes, with reasonable pricing, the ability to connect to automation, fast implementation, and credible operations IT know-how behind it? Kanoa is aiming to achieve that goal by building MES modules on top of Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform. Kanoa is building MES in a low-/no-code platform that is…
GE Aims to Operationalize Sustainability
Many companies are talking about environmental sustainability – and GE Digital is aiming to embed it in customers’ operations. Jim Brown and I recently got an update from Ben Whiteman on their progress toward that end. The problems they want to solve are: operationalizing environmental sustainability goals breaking siloes between operations and sustainability providing process…
Tech-Clarity Expands Coverage to AECO Software Market (in the news)
Tech-Clarity is pleased to announce that we are expanding our research team and coverage to include digital tools for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) community. With an extensive background in design, construction, and manufacturing, Steffen Waite joins Tech-Clarity as Vice President of Research for AECO and Industrialized Construction. Steffen brings with him decades…