The Industry Digest: Assessing your current cybersecurity strategy
The internet is a vast space that is filled with rabbit holes, endless search results, and adorable cat videos that will consume your entire day in a flash. Finding the information and insights you need to improve productivity and efficiency at your facility can be daunting. Luckily, Plant Services is here to help. We search the web and curate the industry perspectives, trends, and topics that will affect you and your industry. Here are a few of our favorite stories from this week.
Four Hardware Considerations For A Successful IoT Product Launch [Forbes]
Many organizations are eager to implement IoT at their facilities, but success is not a guarantee. Companies must consider software and hardware options to reach the full potential of their IoT projects. This article outlines four guiding principles when choosing hardware for an IoT program.
4 Steps to Shore Up Cybersecurity on the Plant Floor [Manufacturing.net]
Are you thinking about beginning your digital transformation journey in 2023? Then it’s time to access your cybersecurity strategy. This article outlines how to perform a “cybersecurity plant floor health check.”
Brands Can Leverage Digital Twins To Drive Sustainability [Forbes]
ESG is no longer a buzzword. For many companies, it has become the new way to do business if they want to stay competitive and attract new, more socially conscious customer. This article outlines how technologies like digital twins can help companies reach their sustainability goals.
China is losing its place as the center of the world's supply chains. Here are 5 places supply chains are going instead. [Insider]
Thanks to trade wars and a worldwide pandemic, most companies have learned the importance of not relying on one country, specifically China, to accomplish all their manufacturing needs. But if you are planning on moving your supply chains in the new year, what counties should you be considering?
About the Author
Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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