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Apr 25, 2017
Making “The Technology” for Exoskeletons a Reality
This article originally appeared on the NIST Taking Measure blog. Guest blog post by Bill Billotte of NIST MEP. I grew up in a small farming community in southern Georgia. My main exposure to new technology was through the […]
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Apr 17, 2017
Cybersecurity: Protecting Manufacturing Technology and Innovation
By Pat Toth of NIST Recently a segment on my favorite morning news program stopped me in my tracks. The young and attractive hosts (why are they always so young and attractive?) were demonstrating new appliances including a smart refrigerator. […]
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Apr 11, 2017
Environmental Sustainability Is Hiding Within Your Business
Written by Stuart McAvoy | UPS, MEPOL Industrial Advisory Board Member Here’s a road map to unlocking value while reducing your carbon footprint. For decades, supply chain specialists focused on wringing every ounce of value or saving the most amount […]
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Apr 05, 2017
Supply Chain Foundations
By Carroll Thomas of NIST MEP Consider this: 100 percent of domestic manufacturers in the United States procure some combination of materials, components, sub-assemblies, and/or assemblies from other companies—they buy stuff. And 100 percent of domestic successful manufacturers have […]