Robert Merlo

13-May-2020 | Robert Merlo

Part 3 in a series on the findings of an Industry 4.0 adoption study by The MPI Group Here, we wrap up our brief series on a recent study by The MPI Group that surveyed hundreds of manufacturers o

11-May-2020 | Robert Merlo

Part 2 in a series on the findings of an Industry 4.0 adoption study by The MPI Group The previous blog in this series looked at the overall findings of a recent study by The MPI Group that surveye

7-May-2020 | Robert Merlo

Part 1 in a series on the findings of an Industry 4.0 adoption study by The MPI Group It was in 2011 at Hannover Messe that the German government first announced a new initiative to digitize manufa

31-Oct-2019 | Robert Merlo

Part 3 of a 3-part "Manufacturing Fitness" series Concluding our series on manufacturing fitness, we now turn our attention to 3D printing – the process of physically manufacturing a product dire

29-Oct-2019 | Robert Merlo

Part 2 of a 3-part "Manufacturing Fitness" series In the previous blog in this series, we used the human body as an analogy to talk about the idea of manufacturing fitness – where the manufacturi

17-Oct-2019 | Robert Merlo

Part 1 of a 3-part "Manufacturing Fitness" series Any business that makes and delivers physical products can be likened to the human body. At the heart of the business is its manufacturing operatio

28-Feb-2019 | Robert Merlo

Part 6 in the “Digital Manufacturing Series” Customers have a dream: personalized products that meet their unique specifications. Cars with custom paint jobs that stand out on the road. Snea

11-Feb-2019 | Robert Merlo

Manufacturing, like all industries, is closely watching a series of dynamic and global changes that could shift the market in new and unexpected ways. From the emergence of cross-industry competitors

8-Jan-2019 | Robert Merlo

Part 5 in the "Digital Manufacturing Series" Finding a competitive edge isn’t easy. Companies search high and low for fresh ways to differentiate their businesses – to push their organizations

28-Nov-2018 | Robert Merlo

Part 3 in the series “Digital Manufacturing" The first time a colleague mentioned mass customization to me, I thought they were nuts. You mean to tell me that a single production line can produce