Many companies have embraced agility in recent years. The more the world changes in unpredictable ways, the more critical it is for us to react nimbly. Yet performance management processes have largely been stagnant. To achieve agility across the organization, you need to embrace agile performance... Continue Reading
Boeing Co bounced back to win the traditional annual order race against Airbus SE on an adjusted basis, but its European rival remained the world's largest plane maker based on the number of jets delivered, data showed on Tuesday. Shares in Boeing rose around 2% after the closely watched data... Continue Reading
United States Steel Corp. on Tuesday announced its building a $3 billion mill in northeast Arkansas that’s expected to employ at least 900 people. The Pittsburgh-based company announced it has chosen Osceola for the site of its new mill, with construction expected to begin early this... Continue Reading
Having an OT/IT convergence strategy is essential to OT cybersecurity. Operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) have traditionally been separated for good reason, but now, these worlds are coming together from strategic initiatives related to Industry 4.0 or digital... Continue Reading
U.S. manufacturing activity slowed in December amid a cooling in demand for goods, but supply constraints are starting to ease and a measure of prices paid for inputs by factories fell by the most in a decade. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) survey on Tuesday also suggested some... Continue Reading
In today’s business world, three words are the key to your company and management team making accurate decisions while minimizing uncertainty and risk. Those three words are data, data, and data. Having real-time information flowing to your teams is the key to taking advantage of the... Continue Reading
New standards are being created to avoid situations where every single vendor has their own digitalization solution. Industrial standards are evolving alongside the manufacturing practices to which they pertain, but it’s hard to keep up with these changes. Here we chat with Michael Bowne,... Continue Reading
With the new evolving landscape, it is more important than ever to be a good leader to retain employees and keep them happy. With the new year coming sooner than later, now is a great time to consider additional steps that you can take to improve your leadership skills. That said, according to the... Continue Reading
What is hardness in metals? Hardness is the property of a material that allows it to resist permanent distortion, penetration, indentation, and scratching. Therefore, hardness is important from an engineering point of view because resistance to wear by either friction or erosion from steam, oil,... Continue Reading
We often think of the holiday season as a festive, fun-loving time. There are decorations, parties, cookies, gift exchanges, and sometimes year-end bonuses! Everyone should be having a great time. However, that’s not always the case. The end of the year can cause greater stress, anxiety,... Continue Reading
Many businesses still aren't willing to spend money on cybersecurity because they view it as an additional cost – and then find they have to spend much more cash recovering from a cyber incident after they get hacked. Cyberattacks like ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) scams, and... Continue Reading
Oilfield services firm Halliburton on Monday warned the world is headed for a period of energy scarcity following years of underinvestment in bringing more fossil fuels to market. “For the first time in a long time, we will see a buyer looking for a barrel of oil, as opposed to a barrel of... Continue Reading
