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16 05, 2022

Mediocrity, Malaise, and Mismanagement

By |2022-05-18T16:22:13+00:00May 16th, 2022|Business, Information Technology, Manufacturing, MPI Manufacturing Study, People|Comments Off on Mediocrity, Malaise, and Mismanagement

Why aren’t you paying attention to your manufacturing business? After nearly two decades of research on manufacturers, you might think that MPI could report  that documented best practices — benchmarking, training, etc. — are now common everywhere, driving massive performance improvements around the world. Alas, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, our MPI 2021 Manufacturing Study found many manufacturers struggling with — or outright failing at — the basics of improvement. It goes without saying that the effects of the pandemic can be seen in our Study data. Nonetheless, the overall Study results are shocking: [...]

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27 03, 2019

Disruptive Technologies Offer Major Opportunities — and Headaches — for Manufacturers

By |2019-04-01T15:06:17+00:00March 27th, 2019|Growth, Information Technology, Innovation, MPI Manufacturing Study, Next Generation Manufacturing|Comments Off on Disruptive Technologies Offer Major Opportunities — and Headaches — for Manufacturers

New study finds some manufacturers are ready to leverage cutting edge technologies — while others fall behind New research finds that manufacturing leaders are worried about disruptive technologies — robotics, artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, and analytics — and yet few are doing much about it. The MPI Disruptive Technologies in Manufacturing Study surveyed more than 400 executives at manufacturing companies around the globe and found that: 88 percent report that their industries and markets are vulnerable to disruptive technologies (29 percent “extremely vulnerable” and 59 percent “somewhat vulnerable”). 86 percent report that their own companies are vulnerable to disruptive [...]

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