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NRF 2020 Know Before You Go
The future of Retail is coming into focus. Consumers want to keep it simple. They want a convenient, personalized shopper journey that accommodates their lifestyle and preferences. However, in order to deliver this seamless, omni-channel retail experience, retailers need to unify their end-to-end va…
How Digital is Evolving Packaging
Pack Expo is just around the corner (November 6-9) and you will see first hand the dynamic world of packaging that is accelerating to places we cannot even imagine! It wasn’t very long ago that the packaging of your products was a simple way of telling your customers who you are and what the product…
How Manufacturers are Unlocking the Value of Data
Co-Author: Scott Lapcewich, Rockwell Automation Note: This blog features content from a Connected Futures podcast which has been edited due to space limitations For today’s manufacturers, data is every bit as important as supply chains, trucks, and industrial machines. Data is useless if you don’t t…
Analytics: Building a Winning Strategy in Manufacturing
Machinery, supply chains, and raw materials have always been core concerns in manufacturing. Today, another asset is just as critical — data. General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt said it well: “The industrial world is changing dramatically, and those companies that make the best use of d…
As Manufacturers Go Digital, Customer Value Expands
Every single day, I’m reminded that a digital revolution is taking place—from researching local coffee places on the dashboard of my car to ordering coffee on my mobile device—it’s clear that our lives are becoming more digitized. This is also apparent for the businesses and industries that manufact…
The Digital Renaissance Is Here. Is Your Company’s Culture Ready?
Sooner or later we all feel like throwing up our hands and cursing the complexity of modern life. But while technology may seem the chief culprit in making things unmanageable, it is also the ultimate solution to complexity. In the Internet of Everything (IoE) era, it is particularly important for b…
Driving Serious Digital Disruption, with a Spirit of Fun
Not all workdays begin with a convoy of cyclists hailing from India, Saudi Arabia, Europe, and America. And fewer still wind up with creations made of LEGOs, spaghetti, string, and marshmallows. Yet every workday — no matter how challenging — should have the same spirit of diversity, adventure, and…
Is Your Company Ready for the IoE Revolution?
Ever felt that you’ve spent half your life searching for a parking space? Well, it’s not that much of an exaggeration. One study estimates that typical drivers spend 2,549 hours of their lives in the aimless, money-wasting, and gas-guzzling quest for a place to park. Now imagine that through technol…