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Original article promoted on CNBC on April 27, 2018. The era of digital transformation is impacting every industry — and manufacturing is seeing cutting edge innovation delivering some impressive results. Employing the Internet of Things technology to improve connectivity, productivity and efficiency are vital to any business competing in this digital economy. And while companies born in the digital age are thriving, many legacy companies are finding it hard to keep up. For traditional businesses to thrive, they need to be flexible, agile and open to digital opportunity. Why embrace digitization? How essential is digitization for the growth of the manufacturing industry? In a recent report , IDC predicted that by 2020, 60 percent of top manufacturers will depend on digital platforms to support as much as 30 percent of their overall revenue. Furthermore, the research firm predicts that by 2021, 20 percent of these companies will rely on embedded intelligence, using the Internet of...

Engineers are excellent at designing control systems , and facilitating user access to those systems. Here’s an old example of our early efforts to help operators control the process. Yep- submarine. That gaping hole in the middle is an early version of today’s Triconex system- you simply sealed off hatches as an ESD. And alarms? How about the sound of flowing water? One mistake on those valves, and it was over. Over time, we realized that people needed instrumentation and designs that reduced error. So we actually did a pretty good job in the 70’s/80’s of designing control panels that reduced operator risk. Firstly, the instrument readouts were designed in a fashion that made them easy to read. And when all was good, indicators would point to the middle of the scale, with markings for where their maximum/ minimum readings and setpoints were.  In fact we had a term for when everything was right in the plant- we called it “lined out”.  This meant all the gages were in the mi...

A new set of trends is emerging in commercial real estate.  The real estate market has been experiencing growth over the last several years, and rents in most urban areas have increased as well.  It’s not surprising that tenants want to squeeze the maximum efficiency out of the spaces they occupy -all the while creating a work environment that will make their HR recruiters swoon! So here are some trends to watch… The Human Experience:    As millennials become a dominant segment of the workforce, they have expectations of a more modern, livable workspace.  Commercial real estate developers are creating properties with more open space, recreational areas, and other spaces to enable more collaboration between workers, better occupant health and safety and productivity.  According to JLL’s international research “both employers and employees see the human experience as the main factor in determining the shape of their work environment for the foreseeable futu...