7.000.000.000 people to serve… What does this mean for manufacturing industries?
Today we turned 7 billion people on the earth. When I grew up in the 1980s, I remember we talked about turning 5 billion people. A magical number that made us learn about the world population in...
View ArticlePhiladelphia – once the workshop of the world
A magnificent city skyline arises behind a white wall of damp from factory pipes as we drive into Philadelphia. Factories, ship yards and terminals as far as the eye can see. Still, it soon becomes...
View ArticleWaving the Swedish flag in the Manufacturing World Cup
The winter sport season has barely started as Norway’s victorious skier, Petter Northug, kicks off his mockery season of our neighbor to the east: Sweden. A few days ago, in the Cross Country World Cup...
View ArticleHosting factory visits: 10 best practices
Through more than 40 visits to factories all over the world this year, I have seen both good and not-so-good practices for factory tours. In this post I share some learning points: here are ten best...
View ArticleWarping in the real world: Remote factory meetings in 360°
Imagine you put on a virtual reality (VR) headset and immediately find yourself in an entirely different real-world place. It’s like finding a warp zone in Super Mario Bros. Or walking through Alice’s...
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