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What manufacturing SME's need to know about IIoT and cyber-security

What manufacturing SME's need to know about IIoT and cyber-security

IIoT can have benefits for manufacturing businesses of all types and sizes. It can be particularly useful in providing transparency and tracking along the supply chain but that’s just the start. To stay safe, it is vital you develop strong cyber security practices around IIoT. Here we offer some best practices and how to approach them.

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UK Government supports AI approaches to manufacturing sustainability

UK Government supports AI approaches to manufacturing sustainability

The UK government released its AI strategy on 22nd September 2021. We’ve looked at the report and broken down how this will affect the manufacturing industry going forward. We outline some key areas such as skills shortages, addressing net-zero challenges, and new product development as well as the next steps manufacturers can take.

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Steph Locke at Impact Festival 2021

Steph Locke at Impact Festival 2021

Take a look at what happened at last week’s Impact Festival, where Steph took part in the EIT Manufacturing panel on The Future of Sustainable Manufacturing.

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Digitalising your business processes to be more sustainable

Digitalising your business processes to be more sustainable

Digitalising your business processes might help you run a more sustainable, environmentally friendly manufacturing operation. Simply digitising your records and reducing physical resource usage is an excellent place to begin. Taking it a step further and re-engineering the way you work to be smoother, more integrated, and less data entry dependent while digitalising can save you even more compute power (and therefore energy!).

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Impact festival 2021

Impact festival 2021

Impact festival is an event taking place in Frankfurt over 16 and 17 September. It aims to bring together thought-leaders and innovators working on sustainability to discuss and collaborate on potential problems. Our CEO, Steph Locke will be speaking there on the EIT manufacturing panel.

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Cloud Migration: important for a green future

Cloud Migration: important for a green future

Cloud providers like Microsoft are making their data centres greener and carbon neutral, whereas your in-house servers and associated resources are burning energy. As well as potentially lowering your compute costs, revitalising your IT infrastructure, reducing risk, the green advantages make a cloud move a must for any manufacturer with sights on a net zero goal.

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EIT Manufacturing - all you need to know

EIT Manufacturing - all you need to know

EIT Manufacturing is a consortium of over 60 leaders in the manufacturing industry from business, education, and research. We’ve just joined the organisation as one of their Scaleups so I’ve put together a quick explanation of who they are and what they do.

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Cardiff-based AI startup is the first UK startup to join the largest European manufacturing ecosystem

Cardiff-based AI startup is the first UK startup to join the largest European manufacturing ecosystem

Cardiff, AugustĀ 23, 2021:Ā Cardiff-basedĀ AIĀ startup Nightingale HQ has become theĀ first UK startup to joinĀ EIT Manufacturing, the largest European consortium of manufacturers.

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What does NatWest's Future Fit report say about digital transformation for manufacturers

What does NatWest's Future Fit report say about digital transformation for manufacturers

The latest Future Fit report focuses on “trailblazers” and what makes them different to other organisations. It covers the importance of innovation and of current developments in the industry such as digital transformation.

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Manufacturers - you need DataOps

Manufacturers - you need DataOps

DataOps also helps you build a more agile digital supply chain by enabling analytic teams to automate their processes, which in turn reduces cycle time on data analytics. Getting this data infrastructure right is critical for helping Operational Technology (OT) get the most out of real-time data to optimise processes. DataOps is part of your ability to move quickly in the digital space. It should be part of your overall approach to your developer velocity and can help staff to discover the data they need to drive insightful improvements in your organisation.

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