This month, I'm excited to share the results of Fictiv’s 10th Annual State of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Report. Every year, we survey hundreds of supply chain and manufacturing leaders across ...

For decades, engineers relied on a “design–build–test–fix” loop to bring new products to market. Engineers would create drawings or CAD models, send them to manufacturing, and wait for physical ...

From clothing to cars to canned peaches, American-made products are made of parts – often parts sourced from other companies in other countries. Supply chains are critically important to domestic and ...

Twenty-first century manufacturers post-COVID-19 have been facing significant challenges across their functions in supply chain, risk, operations, and customer experience. Threats by new (often more ...

At JEC World 2016, for the first time xC Consultants presents together with Institute for Carbon Composites (LCC) of TU Munich and its partners latest technologies and manufacturing process chains.

3D printing has come a long way from its origins as a novelty item creator to a high-performance machine for creating complex and intricate parts. Thanks to the advent of Industry 4.0 and the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is at the top of the daily news cycle and plays a pivotal role in helping manufacturing enterprises build resilient manufacturing operations. In the last post, a few ...

Whether operating in the food or fashion industry, tracking one's product is an essential part of the manufacturing process.

Over the past decade, many electronics firms have talked about diversifying their supply chains. An analysis of Apple—America’s biggest consumer electronics firm—illustrates that most of their ...