Falkonry is a leading provider of operational machine learning for industrial companies who are looking to achieve significant improvements in the throughput, quality and yield of their operations. Their ready-to-use machine learning system, Falkonry LRS, enables operations teams to discover patterns hidden in their existing operations data. It also helps apply predictive analytics and receive actionable insights, all without requiring data scientists.
Read More →Quality Management in the Board Room
Building the Executive Business Case for EQMS According to Pilgrim, quality leaders today are facing new challenges and opportunities presented by changing global markets, disruptive technologies, new regulations, and social media. Their quality management maturity has not increased quickly enough to keep pace, largely due to chronic underinvestment. When done right, quality extends throughout the enterprise and provides unique value across all functions. However, quality is stuck in a catch-22. It must break out of the silo to achieve its potential value, but the lack of perceived value reduces support from other leaders and top executives. Support from top executives plays a crucial role in the long-term effectiveness of quality. Three elements that quality needs to thrive: Top-down support Executive voice Sustained resources
Read More →Teams 2.0 – Rebooting Team Engagement and Execution
In many organizations today, team functionality is actually working against overall business success and efficiency. Organizations have become a slave to team models that are inefficient, unproductive, and bureaucratic. This Q&A with Competitive Solutions, Inc. answers the following questions about Rebooting Team Engagement and Execution: What are the main issues you see businesses experiencing in team engagement in execution? Why does team functionality work against overall business success and efficiency? What are non-negotiable systems, and how can organizational leaders use these systems to transform the business? When are continuous improvement tools no longer effective? In your experience, what has the outcome been like when team engagement and execution are rebooted?
Read More →Q&A eBook with Bossard: How Will Industry 4.0 Impact Your Supply Chain?
Previously many of these technologies were emerging on their own, but not considered collectively. With a recent push toward an integrated approach, the Internet of Things, the focused effort is much more clear. While efforts are being made to allow technologies to be more interchangeable and data non-exclusive, much of the progress thus far has been disjointed…. This Q&A eBook with Bossard, published by the Generis Group, highlights Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, full inventory transparency, and more! Bossard creates solutions that enable you to achieve higher productivity while helping you to surface your potential. Connect with Bossard at our American Supply Chain Summit taking place April 24-25th in Orlando, FL. Read the full eBook below:
Read More →Tomorrow’s Medicine: Curing One Patient at a Time
You know that tomorrow’s medicine is personalized. With more than 8,100 active cell therapy studies and 1,300 active gene therapy studies underway now, you’re changing the way patients will be treated. To achieve the best clinical outcomes, the living cells and biological samples you develop or treat must be transported to patients on time and under the most rigorous product and stability specification. Anything less than perfect is unacceptable. The World Courier eBook below highlights the logistics challenges of gene and cell therapies. Download the full eBook below for more information!
Read More →Q&A eBook with QT9 Software: Benefits of Automating Your Quality Management System with Software
Industry regulations can make life for medical device manufacturers very challenging. Regulations are there for a reason and are required to grow and improve your business. This is different than in most manufacturing sectors. Demonstrating compliance to these various regulations requires meticulous record management. As an example; the ability to easily manage and maintain your records for Product Design, can provide an organization with a competitive edge for getting new products, or enhancing existing products for their market. QT9 Software will be speaking at our American Medical Device Summit taking place October 4-5th, 2017 in Chicago, IL. The presentation topic will be on the “Benefits of Automating Your Quality Management System with Software.” We asked Brant a few questions about quality management, issues medical device manufacturers are facing today, and how to save time and money in the industry. Please, take a look at our Q&A eBook with Brant Engelhart from QT9 Software below!
Read More →Speaker eBook: American Aerospace & Defense Summit 2015
With the American Aerospace & Defense Summit 2015 less than 6 weeks away, we took a moment to gather some of the key thought leaders presenting at the event, and asked them to share their insights and opinions on the current state and future outlook of the aerospace and defense industry in the U.S. We posed the questions: How would you describe the current state of the aerospace and defense industry in America? What do you perceive as being some of the biggest challenges for defense or aerospace companies over the few years? How can these challenges be overcome? What are some effective techniques in driving innovation amongst suppliers? What is the next big trend in terms of supply chain management for aerospace & defense companies? How has aerospace & defense manufacturing changed over the last decade? What do you think is the next ‘big thing’ in terms of aerospace & defense manufacturing? Explore strategies to optimize aerospace and defense manufacturing with us in Arizona this December at the American Aerospace & Defense Summit 2015!
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