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Is Your Manufacturing SMB Ready for the Digital Revolution?
SMBs need to understand where their priorities lie. For about ten years, there has been a major push for businesses to get on board with an evolving slate of digital tools, and for good reason: according to KPMG, 59% of businesses who undertook digital transformation strategies saw profits grow by 11% or more.
But as we know, not all manufacturing businesses are created alike. Many experts point to the need for small and medium sized manufacturing businesses to look carefully at the unique requirements necessary for success. In this new whitepaper recap, IEN Editors David Mantey and Anna Wells help manufacturing SMBs understand where their priorities should lie when assessing the best path towards a digital transformation win.
Every week, we cover the three biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:
GM Exits Joint Venture for $3.5B EV Battery Plant - @3:06
Samsung SDI recently acquired General Motors’ stake in the SynergyCells joint venture.
SpaceX Picks Texas Home for Massive, Multi-Billion-Dollar Terafab - @14:10
Last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Tesla and SpaceX announced that Grimes County will be the site of Terafab, a massive vertically-integrated semiconductor fabrication plant.
Yamaha to End U.S. Side-by-Side Production - @30:24
Yamaha Motor recently announced some major structural reforms to its outdoor land vehicle (OLV) business, which includes ATVs, ROVs and golf cars.
In Case You Missed It
Kimberly-Clark Picks Arizona for $100M Pilot Project - @44:36
This low-water plant could be transformative.
Milwaukee Tool Thief Gets 5 Years - @49:06
Last year, an employee at Milwaukee Tool was arrested for stealing more than $1 million in tools from the Wisconsin tool maker.
Small Implant Can Deliver Cancer-targeting Light Directly Inside the Body - @54:43
It could make photodynamic therapy more effective against internal cancers.
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