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True Innovation Lost by Applying Conventional Values to 3D Technology

A mentor often repeated this: "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." Product designers who are working with 3D printing design, development and manufacturing should take heed. Design the way you've always designed, and you won't get anything out of 3D printing that's different from what you've always gotten before 3D printing.

3D Printing Has Accomplished So Much Already - Where Can It Go From Here?

Before we ask where 3D printing is taking us, let's look at what has been already achieved or is near achievement across markets beyond printing prototypes, toys and models.

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Does McDonald's Need to Serve Up Better Supply Chain Transparency?

Recently, McDonald's, the world's iconic largest food service provider, has been (forgive the cliché) through the grinder. Poor performance has led to the departure of its CEO and plenty of critical attention in the business pages. Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket "fast casual" dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health and trustworthy sourcing.

Ikea Discovers the Internet - Forges Ahead Into Age of E-commerce

Long a laggard in online sales, the Swedish retailer Ikea, which is privately held, has finally recognized the need for a more robust e-commerce presence.

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Via the Internet of Things, Automotive Industry Presents the Connected Car

The Internet of Things (IoT) is currently the big thing in technology, and the automotive version of the IoT is the Connected Car.

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Why Procurement Is No Longer Just a Numbers Game

We've heard it before: chief procurement officers aren't just cost-cutters. They're contributing real value to the organization. But is that really true?

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Retailers Commit to Increase Budgets to Enhance 'Customer Experience'

More than 80 percent of retailers plan to increase their customer experience spending in 2015, according to a new survey from SDL, a provider of global customer experience, and Econsultancy.

How Supply Chain Affects Corporate Reputation

A company's reputation rests on much more than the quality of the products that it makes.

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Manufacturers Beef Up Efforts to Hire More Women

Companies such as Harley Davidson Motor Co. in Milwaukee, Illinois Tool Works Inc. in Glenview, Ill. and Essve Tech Inc., a manufacturer of corrugated steel pipes in Alpharetta, Ga., are actively recruiting women to fill the shortage caused by a growth spurt in U.S. manufacturing due to lower energy costs, reshoring a more competitive labor market as Baby Boomers continue to retire. The U.S. Department of Labor estimated last spring that 241,000 factory jobs remained unfilled.

Despite Hacks, Vendors Bullish as Demand for Cloud Services Continues to Grow

Vendors "are seeing the cloud as the opportunity for the future and are looking at revenue models and thinking of offering a subscription-based service to reduce clients' CAPEX," according to Jagdish Rebello, senior manager for cloud and computer electronics at IHS. "Microsoft's doing that, Oracle's trying to do that, Google's doing that, and Salesforce.com is seeing explosive growth."

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Field Service Operations Have Gone Remote

Across industries, we have left the big buildings, facilities and industrial parks and gone remote. All those remote operations, dispersed businesses and mobile and autonomous equipment need to be serviced. Thus, the service provider has to go to those remote locales. However, just as their customers have changed, the business of service has also changed. The service provider can also leverage technology to monitor, diagnose, and sometimes repair remotely.

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Omnichannel Success Depends on Re-tooling the Consumer Goods, Retail Supply Chains, Report Says

Omnichannel represents the biggest growth opportunity for the consumer goods and retail industry, according to a report from EY and the Consumer Goods Forum.

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