Advanced technology and data are helping manufacturers’ frontline workers become more productive.

Placing risk management and threat scenario planning at the intersection of smart manufacturing and cybersecurity can fortify organizations.

To future-proof manufacturing, drive profits and serve customers, organizations must examine supply chains, sustainability, digital transformation and more

A focus on connecting equipment and then using data to make improvements can create a solid foundation for smart manufacturing.

Manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries need to develop a data-driven operating model that is efficient and resilient with room to…

This case study shows how one manufacturer used simulations to evaluate processes and potential equipment investments.

Want to reap Manufacturing 4.0’s benefits at scale? Let this four-step roadmap lead the way.

Lean approaches, improved agility, and a culture of servant leadership are key to future industry success, believes EnerSys SVP Patrice…

Listening to employees and their ideas helps drive new ways of doing business, says Worthington VP, Joe Resko.

Developing talent, ensuring workforce safety, and scaling breakthrough digital transformations in production are key priorities for Boeing VP, Scott Stocker.

USM’s goal is to foster a closed loop program that recycles both metallic and non-metallic materials to be put back…

Leaders need to be ready to think and act outside the normal lanes of operation and stay ahead of future…

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

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

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

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

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

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

A growing number of manufacturing organizations have brought AI to the shop floor, and as usage grows, so do aspirations…

MLC’s latest survey reveals continued disruptions and challenges but big shifts in digital technology deployments and supply network geography

Manufacturing executives want to know what digital transformation can do for their businesses, but an overall plan to find out…

Manufacturers show some progress with data mastery efforts, but much opportunity for growth exists.

Manufacturers will be pressing ahead with their M4.0 investments as they expand their digital deployments in operations, a new MLC…

Sustainability is rapidly becoming one of the key drivers of industrial transformation for the rest of the decade, reveals the…

A new MLC survey reveals that rapid technology adoption continues as manufacturers deploy transformative technologies to reshape how work gets…

More companies are taking a disciplined approach to dealing with the growing threat of cyber attacks, a new MLC survey…

In manufacturing’s new digital era, the requirements for leadership are evolving just as rapidly as the technology that is underpinning…

A new MLC survey warns that disruption could continue for as long as two years as manufacturers strive to adopt…

While pandemic disruptions created a rush to move to M4.0, MLC’s latest Factories of the Future survey finds those plans…

The desire to adopt more sustainable and environmentally responsible practices is now an overwhelming sentiment among manufacturing executives, reveals the…

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

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

Leadership, Organization, Culture, People

Data Mastery and Analytics

Smart Factories and Digital Production

Sustainability and the Circular Economy

Transformative Technologies

M4.0 Cybersecurity

Next Generation Leadership & Workforce

Resilient 4.0 Supply Chains

Factories of the Future: Manufacturers face disruption in their quest for M4.0.

M4.0 Sustainability and the Race to Net Zero

Transformative Technologies: Manufacturers seek a path to digital acceleration.

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

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

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

Factories of the Future: Digital adoption is accelerating in the wake of global disruption.