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Getting Started with AI in Manufacturing

March 27, 2025 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

AI has already become indispensable for many of us. I definitely understand reluctance on the subject. What do business people hate most about AI? Let's find out, with some help from Grok3! This article is geared towards reluctant and casual users of AI and those looking to get started. As always, we will emphasize issues that matter most to manufacturers, because we live and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AI, Business Operations, Manufacturing Tagged With: 3D printing AI, AI for beginners, AI hallucination, AI in business, AI in Manufacturing, AI privacy risks, AI productivity tips, AI safety tips, AI search engine, business frustrations with AI, data privacy, Deepseek risks, Digital Transformation, Grok 3, job displacement, manufacturing software, Manufacturing Technology, repetitive tasks AI, shop floor AI, Smart Manufacturing

Unified Name Space (UNS): Future-Proofing Manufacturing for the AI Era

December 19, 2024 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

In manufacturing, data isn’t just information—it’s a potential treasure trove of insights. With advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and neural networks become more approachable, preparing to manage and integrate data effectively today is crucial. At Managed Solutions, we’ve built our reputation bridging IT and OT systems including ERP and MES … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AI, Business Operations, CIMCO, Industry 4.0

Why We Became a Smart Manufacturing Integrator

July 24, 2024 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

If you’ve followed our evolution as a company, you likely know we started as an IT Services company in the 1990s. This is how we were introduced to the manufacturing industry and over the years through our manufacturing clients, began to understand the strategic importance as well as the challenges and opportunities which existed. When we opted to shift our focus to Smart … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, CIMCO, Lean Tagged With: CIMCO, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing

Let Us Help You Protect Your CIMCO Software Investment

January 9, 2024 by Joe Hackman 2 Comments

Recently, we received a call from a concerned customer who had lost access to the server where their CIMCO Software was installed. Compounding the issue, their backup environment was also lost in the same incident. In an era where cyber threats like crypto locker viruses are rampant, particularly targeting the aerospace industry — our most serviced vertical — these challenges … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, CIMCO, Security Tagged With: BCP, Best Practices, Business Continuity Planning, CIMCO, Data Backup, Disaster Recovery, How To, Smart Manufacturing

Data is Currency: Preparing for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Neural Networks

December 17, 2019 by Joe Hackman 1 Comment

Lurking somewhere in your computer systems is data that in the future will be able to improve awareness, efficiency, and profitability at your company. This is possible by allowing you to more readily adapt data hungry technologies such as AI, machine learning and neural networks.((The more data you have, the more accurate and useful these technologies are)) You've already made … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, Lean Tagged With: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Data is Currency, ERP, Machine Learning, MDC, MDM, MES, Neural Networks

Traceability Using CIMCO Software

December 10, 2019 by Joe Hackman 1 Comment

One way to help digitally transform manufacturing companies is to implement enhanced traceability. This can be useful to ensure that required tolerances and procedures have been followed, as well as provide additional data related to the manufacture of a given component or product. For example a company may need to provide documentation to show that a part was within all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, CIMCO, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: CIMCO, Digital Transformation, Hidden Factory, IIoT, Industry 4.0, Lean Manufacturing, MDC, MDM

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