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2. Everything is going digital and connected. The most extreme example is the concept of “art to part” as is possible through additive manufacturing. This concept is already working its way into our traditional manufacturing processes like machining. To stay relevant, we need to change our thinking from CAD/CAM to “CAD & Controls.”
3. This is not IT. The brilliant factory relies on control system architecture with embedded sensing, modeling and simulation integrated with our traditional equipment and processes. Increasing predictive capabilities beyond seconds and minutes to hours and days will be enabled through the learning capability in the controls and result in better customer service levels.
4. High-performance computing and parallel code and algorithms will enable modeling and simulation to operate in synch with our factory floor takt times,
creating new decisioning tools for faster response time. CAEM(anufacturing) is becoming a new subclass of tools. Entrepreneurial opportunities will emerge through an increasing availability of manufacturing apps.
5. Signal analysis will replace six sigma as we adjust to processing millions of data points, streaming data or pixels of data vs. individual points in a data set. We are moving from 2D to 3D data structures and already have equipment capable of generating 4D data structures.
6. Customer awareness, connectivity and visibility will increase by having a more open exchange of shop floor activities. This will connect customers so they can see and feel that manufacturing is a competitive differentiator. So this month, as you read up on the events at the International Manufacturing
Technology Show (IMTS) or get a chance to attend, think about this…thousands of people will be attending and exhibiting. Your suppliers, competitors and prob- ably some of your customers will be assessing and buying the latest manufacturing technologies. How do you differentiate and establish your competitive advantage? If you just buy the commercially available technology and use it as it is intended, the best you can be is average. The key to establishing a competitive advantage in manufacturing is in the brilliant factory; in finding ways to integrate across technolo- gies and into the supply network to develop capabilities that are difficult to detect and duplicate, as well as serve customers in a unique manner. Don’t let the industrial Internet dead-end on your doorstep. Create your own brilliant factory and connect with the growing network. ME
2014 SME Award of Merit Recipients S
ME is happy to announce that three longtime SME members have been recog- nized with its 2014 Award of Merit for their valued, balanced contributions to the organization's professional activities and growth. • Ronald J. Bennett, PhD, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN); • Ismail Fidan, PhD, Tennessee Tech University (Cookeville, TN); and • Gary J. Pangelina, EST (Camarillo, CA).
To learn more about these awardees, visit
www.sme.org/awardofmerit14. Contact SME
www.sme.org •
service@sme.org (800) 733-4763 • (313) 425-3000
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ManufacturingEngineeringMedia.com | September 2014 2014 SME Officers and Directors
PRESIDENT Michael F. Molnar, FSME, CMfgE, PE National Institute of Standards and Technology
PRESIDENT-ELECT Wayne F. Frost, CMfgE John Deere Waterloo Works (retired)
VICE PRESIDENT Dean L. Bartles, PhD, FSME
Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute UI LABS
SECRETARY/TREASURER Sandra L. Bouckley, PE Eaton Corporation
DIRECTORS
Joseph J. Beaman, ScD The University of Texas at Austin
Dennis S. Bray, PhD, FSME Contour Precision Group LLC
Edye S. Buchanan, CMfgT Fives North American Combustion Inc.
Thomas R. Kurfess, PhD, FSME, CMfgT, PE Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark L. Michalski MKS Instruments
Robert R. Nesbitt, CMfgE Eli Lilly and Company
Michael D. Packer, FSME
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Ralph L. Resnick, FSME
National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining
Susan M. Smyth, PhD, FSME General Motors Corporation
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