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Maintenance Mindset: How maintenance automation is reducing manual work on the plant floor
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: How maintenance automation is reducing manual work on the plant floor

Ai may be at the peak of its hype cycle, but it is also being combined with mature condition monitoring technology to reduce manual rounds (and help cover unfilled positions on...
Maintenance Mindset: Is manufacturing in space the key to affordable space travel and lunar exploration?
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Is manufacturing in space the key to affordable space travel and lunar exploration?

NASA and The Ohio State University are testing whether a welding machine can perform in a simulated weightless environment.
Maintenance Mindset: What separates successful digital transformation projects from the rest?
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: What separates successful digital transformation projects from the rest?

This week, the PS team learns that digital projects succeed when the C-suite and IT take equal ownership.
Maintenance Mindset: Why domestic clean energy manufacturing still relies on foreign materials
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Why domestic clean energy manufacturing still relies on foreign materials

This week, the PS team examines the final rules for Advanced Manufacturing Production Credits, which outlines tax incentives for clean energy component manufacturers.
Maintenance Mindset: Which clean energy components qualify for the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit?
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Maintenance Mindset: Which clean energy components qualify for the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit?

This week, the PS team lists some of the components for clean energy manufacturing that will be eligible for tax credits under the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit.
Maintenance Mindset: How right to repair is revolutionizing McFlurry machine maintenance
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: How right to repair is revolutionizing McFlurry machine maintenance

This week, the PS team examines key victories in the right to repair movement in the U.S.
Maintenance Mindset: Little’s Law and lean manufacturing — A formula for operational excellence
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Little’s Law and lean manufacturing — A formula for operational excellence

This week, the PS team remembers the life and work of the theorem’s namesake John D.C. Little and its influence on lean manufacturing.
Maintenance Mindset: Why smart manufacturers are investing in AI — and you should too
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Why smart manufacturers are investing in AI — and you should too

This week, the PS team talks with Microsoft's Kathleen Mitford about the impact of AI on manufacturing.
Maintenance Mindset: Is a lack of root cause analysis slowing down battery cell manufacturing?
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: What does the future hold for industrial energy storage and battery manufacturing?

This week, the PS team explores why China is dominating the EV market and how equipment operations can help rising U.S. cell makers.
Maintenance Mindset: Will the Fed’s interest rate cut stimulate manufacturing growth? Our experts weigh in.
Maintenance Mindset: From big data to bigger data — The zettascale revolution has arrived
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: From big data to bigger data — The zettascale revolution has arrived

This week, the PS team explores how Nvidia-powered supercomputers and GPU-enhanced AI will improve predictive maintenance for manufacturing.
Maintenance Mindset: Forget humans. Meet the new materials that can sense, compute, and power themselves
Maintenance Mindset: This robotic dog can sit, stay, and collect maintenance data from the plant floor
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: This robotic dog can sit, stay, and collect maintenance data from the plant floor

This week, the PS team investigates a new study on the frequency and cost of downtime incidents across industry.
Maintenance Mindset: Life after manufacturing — The fate of Janesville in a post GM world
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Life after manufacturing — The fate of Janesville in a post GM world

This week, the PS team investigates how the skills gap is hampering U.S. Navy readiness and how one plant went from unexplained downtime to continuous improvement.
Maintenance Mindset: Manufacturing defect causes wind turbine failure
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Manufacturing defect causes wind turbine failure

This week, the PS team investigates the cost of domestic chip manufacturing and maintenance in mining.
Maintenance Mindset: Turning plastic trash into Olympic gold
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Turning plastic trash into Olympic gold

This week, the PS team investigates the state of manufacturing jobs and the financial impact of equipment maintenance.
Maintenance Mindset Even your wrench is vulnerable to cyberattacks
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Even your wrench is vulnerable to cyberattacks

This week, the PS team investigates the impact of AI washing and how asset management is being defined across the globe.