I often get asked how to make sustainability more than a reporting checkbox — how to turn environmental targets into operational levers that plant managers, engineers and procurement teams can act on day‑to‑day. A sustainability scorecard that explicitly links process KPIs to Scope 1 and...
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Automation
I’ve spent the last decade deploying machine learning models where the rubber...
Smart Factory
I remember the first time I watched a pilot smart‑factory deployment sputter...
Automation
When I run pilots for collaborative robots (cobots), the primary question I...
Supply Chain
When a supplier outage or a sudden demand spike threatens production, the...
When I run pilots for collaborative robots (cobots), the primary question I hear from plant managers and line supervisors is simple: “How can we test this without breaking takt time?” Disrupting production to evaluate a new automation concept is...
When a supplier outage or a sudden demand spike threatens production, the conversation quickly turns to resilience. Over the years I’ve helped OEMs and tier‑1 suppliers translate that fuzzy idea into numbers that executives can act on. In this...
I’ve spent the last decade redesigning operator interfaces on high‑mix production lines, and one lesson keeps coming back: the best HMI is the one that feels like it was made for the person standing in front of it. When I talk about...
I remember the first time I watched a servo drive fail mid-shift: a sudden torque oscillation, a production stop, and a frantic scramble to diagnose a machine that looked fine on paper. That experience shaped how I approach predictive maintenance...
When a new product variant appears on the line — a different connector, an altered label layout, or a slightly changed surface finish — the instinctive reaction in many plants is to rebuild the defect-detection model from scratch. I’ve been in...
I’ve spent more than a decade helping OEMs and tier‑1 suppliers move from “sticky” Excel spreadsheets to production‑grade MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems). For small automotive suppliers, this transition can feel daunting: the...
I’ve spent a good part of my career standing at the intersection of automation, control systems, and procurement — watching how a single sourcing decision can ripple through production, maintenance, and even product roadmap. When it comes to...
When I run a smart factory pilot under an MBRP program — which I define here as a Model-Based Resource Planning initiative that ties digital models, sensors and control systems to resource planning and execution — the central question I need to...
I want to share a practical, no‑fluff blueprint I use when integrating PLC data into AWS IoT Core while keeping operations teams comfortable and systems stable — or as our ops folks joke, “without breaking the iTunes of ops.” This is a...
When a supplier, energy contractor, or even an internal sustainability program tells you that the new smart meters on your plant floor will cut energy use by 15–30%, my first reaction is always the same: show me the data, the assumptions, and the...