Factories of the Future

Dialogue with Gerald Johnson

GM’s Executive Vice President of Global Manufacturing believes that production powered by technology is essential to the company’s future.

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Fast Forward to Future Factories

COVID triggered a surge in M4.0 adoption across almost every function of manufacturing production – what does that mean for the future?

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Article : ML Journal February 2021

Technology-Driven and Human-Centered

February 1, 2021

Digital will drive manufacturing’s transformation, but only if it goes with a people-first approach

Article : ML Journal February 2021

Leaving China? It’s Not That Easy

February 1, 2021

Trade tensions and the global pandemic’s effect on supply chains have compelled manufacturers to rethink their strategies in China. But pulling up stakes in China is far from simple and may not be in a manufacturer’s long-term interest.

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Teaching Analog Systems Digital Tricks

January 14, 2021

Manufacturing Leadership Council members recently took a virtual tour around MxD’s Innovation Center in Chicago to learn how to integrate digital manufacturing technologies using existing legacy equipment in ways that can help increase agility without breaking the bank or getting…

Council Forum: Leadership Interviews

Coping With Volatility

Manufacturing needs to adopt a more flexible, resilient approach to global supply chains, believes Madison Industries’ Filtration Group CPO Tim…

Cyber Paradigm Shift

OT cybersecurity has new importance for the future, believes Dragos VP, Peter Vescuso.   

Learning from Disruption

The disruptive impact of the pandemic has highlighted the importance of more flexible, demand-driven approaches that can adapt to sudden…

The Culture is the Company

Fostering a culture of collaboration, partnership, and agility is key to leadership success, believes ALOM Technologies’ CEO Hannah Kain.

Disruption Will Be Business as Usual

Supply chain resiliency and agility are manufacturing’s highest priorities in a world where disruption will become the new business normal,…

Predictive Opportunities Ahead

Targeted automation projects harnessing predictive analytics will help manufacturers become more efficient, agile, and flexible while maintaining great quality, believes…

Opportunity from Disruption

While pandemic disruption may dominate current supply chain strategies, the impact of data will deliver the greatest opportunities in the…

Transforming Operational Value

Chip Hilarides is helping to lead a corporate-wide initiative at Koch Industries to accelerate the adoption of transformative cultures, strategies,…

Driving Culture Change in Disruptive Times

Manufacturing needs to invest more in workforce knowledge and skills to bridge the gap between the needs of the business…

Survey: Critical Issues Research

Growing Pains

Manufacturers see data’s massive potential to improve operations, predict disruptions, and bring about new revenue streams, but realizing that promise…

Reimagining the Art of the Possible

COVID has instigated a host of strategic and tactical changes in manufacturing which will be permanent features of the industrial…

COVID-19: A Catalyst for M4.0 Culture

The pandemic has spurred a paradigm shift in cultural transformation as manufacturing companies have leveraged M4.0 to accelerate digital adoption,…

Fast Forward for Future Factories

The COVID pandemic has triggered a surge in M4.0 adoption across almost every function of manufacturing production that promises to…

COVID-19: An Unlikely Inspiration

Spurred by the need for agility and flexibility in a time of crisis, manufacturers appear determined to accelerate their investments…

The Reckoning

As manufacturers prepare for an explosion of data over the next few years, they will need to learn fast and…

The Opportunities Ahead

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on much of the industry so far this year, but manufacturers see a host…

M4.0 Data Mastery: The Key to Future Competitiveness

As manufacturers prepare for an explosion of data over the next few years, they will need to learn fast and…

A Sober View of Future Factories

As they anticipate an accelerated adoption of new technologies over the next couple of years, manufacturers envision that factories and…

Past Issues

ML Journal August 2021

M4.0 Data Mastery: Collecting data is just the starting point for building smarter, more adaptive organizations.

ML Journal June 2021

Next-Gen Leadership: Manufacturing is making its shift from command-and-control to collaborative and decentralized.
ML Journal April 2021

M4.0 Cultures: Digitally-enabled business culture is key to surviving and thriving in disruption.

ML Journal December 2020

Manufacturing 2030: The Shape of Things to Come

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