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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 [...]

2 11, 2015

Innovation Evolution

By |2019-10-29T17:11:01+00:00November 2nd, 2015|George Taninecz, Innovation|Comments Off on Innovation Evolution

I recently retrieved my turntable from the basement, dusted it off, and tossed on the 1978 vinyl classic Life in the Foodchain by Tonio K. I enjoyed it as much as ever, and could hear why Steve Simels, Stereo Review magazine, once wrote that it was “the greatest album ever recorded.” This got me to wondering what had become of Tonio K. (Steve Krikorian). I found www.toniok.com, and learned that Krikorian had released eight albums through 2001. He has been writing songs for other artists, including Al Green, Patty Smyth, and Burt Bacharach, with works appearing in films such [...]