Boeing 737 Max mishaps have been dominating the news the past several months. Back in January, an Alaska Airlines door plug blew out mid flight due to loose bolts, forcing Boeing to pay the airline company $160 million in losses. In March, the windshield of another...

The healthcare industry is undergoing a radical digital transformation, with hospitals adopting smart technologies to drive innovation and deliver better patient outcomes. According to IDC, global digital transformation spending is projected to be $3.9 trillion by 2027, with the healthcare industry expecting a five-year compound annual growth rate of 19%.

According to a recent study published by Towards Packaging, the global consumer packaged goods (CPG) market size is expected to hit around $3,171.11 billion by 2032. Like most every industry, CPG manufacturers face challenges in unpredictable shifts in supply and demand all the time. The solution to most of those challenges lies in intelligence.

Collaborative ecosystems play a crucial role in accelerating digital transformation initiatives and achieving better outcomes for manufacturers. In the context of smart manufacturing, organizations are establishing key partnerships and alliances with third-party...

1. Gain Full Visibility Into Production Processes
AI-powered analytics help manufacturers make better decisions. For AI initiatives to be successful, manufacturers must collect sufficient data. Using Industrial Internet of Things sensors, manufacturers can fill digital data blind spots and feed AI models with a dataset that gives full visibility into production processes. This can help them prevent unexpected disruptions, reduce unplanned maintenance and maximize equipment effectiveness. -Bryan Merckling, Thinaer

According to the World Economic Forum, the global manufacturing AI market was worth over $3 billion in 2023 and is expected to increase to over $20 billion by 2028. The use cases grow each day with new technological advancements, including automated supply chains, enhanced product quality checks, improved personnel safety and predictive machine maintenance, among many other benefits.

In an era where global organizations are fervently pursuing sustainable innovation to curtail environmental pollutants, manufacturers stand at the crossroads of transformative change. A recent Gartner survey revealed that 87 percent of business leaders expect to...

First appeared on Sustainablepodcast.com. In this enlightening episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain Podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Bryan Merckling, CEO of Thinaer, an innovative company at the crossroads of AI and IoT. Bryan shared invaluable...

Originally posted on Forbes Commercial manufacturing refers to the assembly processes that are carried out to produce mass amounts of commercial goods, such as drugs or food. Classified manufacturing is used to describe the process of assembling goods in the aerospace...