Smart Manufacturing Starts with Connected Processes
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Mastering GenAI: The Future-Ready Mindset
Repair Is the Future: Smarter, Faster, More Resilient
From AI Ambition to AI Impact: Trusted, Connected, and Accurate Data
Your Smart Manufacturing Journey: Begin with the End in Mind
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A factory becomes smarter when data changes how work gets done. It starts when useful data reaches the people and systems that can act on it in time. This blog explains why connected processes matter, how connected worker tools can support operators without feeling like surveillance, and why flexible, modular systems often work better than one-size-fits-all platforms. The takeaway is clear: start with the operating problem, connect the right information to the right decision, and let technology improve the way work actually gets done.
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A quick look at how manufacturers can identify gaps in their current Industry 4.0 efforts and build a stronger smart manufacturing mindset. From our webinar CESMII: Smart Manufacturing Mindset: Becoming a Smart Manufacturing Roadmap Professional.
📍Missed the live Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) Summit? Register to access the recordings from the two-day event. The CLM Summit is focused on helping manufacturers manage customization complexity by building a stronger data foundation and connecting systems, data, and logic across the product lifecycle.
The buzz around GenAI can be deafening. What should you know? How can you use GenAI to enhance your personal and professional life? In this video, GenAI expert Jason Bean discusses how to master GenAI and achieve a future-ready mindset.
Repair can play a major role in building more resilient and sustainable manufacturing systems. Watch this short featuring supply chain expert Deborah Dull as she shares insights during our webinar, Bringing the Circular Economy to Reality.
Join us for an Industry 4.0 Club Fireside Chat with Damantha Boteju, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Configit, as we explore how leading manufacturers are moving beyond AI experimentation to deliver real, scalable results. We’ll dive into why data integrity, system connectivity, and deterministic foundations are essential to making AI work in complex manufacturing environments.
Watch Paul Lagroix, Director of System Integration Services with Sandalwood Engineering and Ergonomics, as he discusses key principles about preparing a company's smart manufacturing journey. Part of the Industry 4.0 Club series entitled, "Lean Industry 4.0: Operational Excellence meets Technology."
Watch Smart Manufacturing Journey
May 6-7 – Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) Summit, Virtual Event
May 13th webinar – From AI Ambition to AI Impact: Trusted, Connected, and Accurate Data
May 20th webinar – Mastering Complexity in the Age of AI. Watch LinkedIn for our invite coming soon!
September 30-October 1 – 3rd MX.0 Midwest, Cleveland, Ohio
October 28-29 – MD&M Midwest, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Configit builds configuration solutions for manufacturing companies to master the challenges of getting configurable products and services to market faster, and to sell, manufacture, and service them more effectively. Host of the 11th Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) Summit on May 6–7, a virtual event focused on how manufacturers can master customization complexity by establishing a strong data foundation for future growth.
Breaking the Bottleneck - A weekly-ish manufacturing and physical AI newsletter and interview series from industrial tech expert Aditya Raghupathy.
CESMII: The Smart Manufacturing Institute - CESMII is working to reduce cost, complexity and time-to-value, so all manufacturers can engage in Smart Manufacturing. CESMII drives and funds the innovation and R&D necessary to dramatically reduce the cost & complexity of using real-time operations data, accelerating new productivity growth, and ultimately, competitiveness.
Informa Media - Informa champions specialists working in academic and business-to-business markets, connecting people with knowledge to help them learn more, know more and do more.
MD&M Trade Shows - For nearly 40 years, MD&M expositions and conferences have been the trusted resource nationwide for every aspect of advanced manufacturing development.
MX.0 Media - MX.0 Media’s in-person events and online platforms are where manufacturers connect and share real-world digital transformation and Industry 4.0 lessons, building relationships that propel their businesses, careers, regional and national economies forward.
Society of Women Engineers - SWE is a not-for-profit educational and service organization that empowers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering, and to be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders.
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