Category: Technology Acceleration
Now is the Time to Be a Manufacturer
What Does IIoT Mean for Small Manufacturers?
By Polaris MEP Partner Jason Bittner, Triple Helix The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is talked about as more of a reality today than ever before. Smart factories built by Ericsson, Schneider Electric, and other technology providers have provided concrete...
What is ‘Design for Manufacturing’?
UPDATED August 26, 2020 By Polaris MEP Partner Josh Chernin, Business Improvement Group During the economic stress caused by the pandemic, manufacturers must work harder to anticipate and reduce costs and supply risks BEFORE those elements are locked into a final...
Cobots Level the Playing Field
This article originally appeared on Industry Today. Guest blog post by Buckley Brinkman, the Executive Director/CEO of the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity (WCMP). Reluctance to Employ Cobots Driven by 4 Common Misconceptions It has been nearly six...
Infographic: What Cobots Can Do for Your Business
Infographic: what manufacturing cobots can do for your business.
U.S. Sen Reed and Gov Raimondo Visit to Providence’s Goodwin-Bradley
The event focused on Goodwin-Bradley’s support from the Manufacturing Innovation Challenge – part of a $2.9 Million Federal Grant supporting manufacturing innovation in RI November 14, 2016 – PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and RI Governor Gina...
Bullish on Rhody innovation
In August, Scott Jensen, director of the R.I. Department of Labor & Training, called manufacturing a “bright spot” in the state economy. Jensen and Donna Murray, Rhode Island’s chief labor statistician, noted that 42,300 manufacturing jobs in July were the most in...
Manufacturing: It’s Unbelievably Exciting and Nothing Like the Past
By Carroll Thomas, Director of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership The revolution will not be televised—but it will be digitized! Taken from a famous poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron first recorded in 1970, this was a popular slogan in the African-American...
Goodwin Bradley Engages Polaris MEP for ISO 90012015
Company Profile Goodwin-Bradley is a 105 year old, family owned manufacturer in Providence, RI. The company has been actively involved in the watershed moments of the transportation, aerospace and defense industries over the last century. They have proudly...