WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation

At an early stage, apparel was identified as the starting point for Xunxi – a sector in which the lengthy production cycles and high inventory levels have long been a problem for small and large players alike. Powered by new technologies such as real-time resourcing, process and cost planning, automated in-house logistics and Xunxi’s manufacturing operating system, the factory is able to produce small-batch orders at reasonable costs and with shorter delivery times, consequently increasing manufacturing efficiency from 25% to an average of 55%.

The trends in this report — while buttressed by data and evidence — are meant to shake our faith in steady trend lines. They point to areas where conditions are ripe for discontinuity and disruption. This report asks us, in effect, to “watch these spaces,” and expect to see surprises and opportunities. In that spirit, here are 14 tech trends that deserve close attention in the first year of the 2020s

Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it's not too early to ask why, and what we need to do about it... Our nation and our civilization were built on production, on building. We built roads and trains, farms and factories, then the computer, the microchip, the smartphone, and uncounted thousands of other things that we now take for granted, that are all around us, that define our lives and provide for our well-being. There is only one way to create the future we want for our own children and grandchildren, and that's to build.

Strategically, that means additive is becoming a full-fledged competitive weapon: It can be used to hold on to market leadership, to dethrone a dominant player, or to diversify by exploiting a printer’s capability to make products for different industries. Consequently, leaders need to understand additive’s range and potential and the possibilities that will open up in the near future. This article offers a playbook.

L’imprimante 3D arrive, et elle va changer nos viesL’imprimante 3D arrive, et elle va changer nos vies (Écouter la liste complète) 3 éléments 20 min Option Ma radioPARTAGERPlusComme la plupart des technologies émergentes, l’imprimante 3D soulève la curiosité. Plusieurs spécialistes s’entendent pour dire que ce n’est pas une invention comme les autres. Elle pourrait transformer l’économie mondiale et révolutionner les habitudes de vie des familles. Découvrez le pouvoir de l’imprimante 3D dans cette série de reportages.

Eighth-grade science students have used a 3D printer to create a prosthetic leg for a duck found without a foot shortly after he hatched.

Each of these items gives us clues to what the future of manufacturing might look like.

From cloud computing and lithium ion batteries to 3D printing and containerization, we collected the technologies that have done the most to shape the internet era.

So far, 3D printing has not quite lived up to expectations. Skeptics are abandoning the idea of a future when you'll be able to 3D print just about anything in your living room, and MakerBot, the only relatively well-known maker of 3D printers, has stopped producing its own printers, outsourcing the work to China. Industrial use, rather than personal, ha

Capgemini Consulting's digital transformation business journal looks at the digitization of operations, taking in robotics, 3D printing, and the second machine