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Explore the Nature of Your Supply Chain - Smart Plans for Sustainable Metals Production

04 Aug 2021, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability, Technology, Industry 4.0

In the spirit of nature, everything is connected - even unremarkable events can make a difference. Industrial manufacturers have recognized this and are striving for smart and sustainable production. Learn more about creating a customer-centric, sustainable organization - a system in which a sustainable supply chain provides a competitive advantage. So leave the road, take the trails and join us in exploring the nature of your supply chain!

Metals Production in the Streaming Age: How to Make Uncertainty a Competitive Advantage

24 Jun 2021, Technology, Industry 4.0, Production

Digitization has changed customer behavior. Instead of choosing a product from a limited set of options, customers search for the product on the Internet and place orders through a seamless acquisition process, thus creating a streamline of products delivered to their door. This behavior change does not just affect retailers, but industrial manufacturers as well. Is your company ready to play along?

Overcoming the Mikado of Metals Production: With Industrial Intelligence Toward Higher Quality

21 Apr 2021, Production, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence

No stick can wobble and in the end there is none left - Mikado is a world-famous game whose origins are lost in the past. To win this game of skill, you need to avoid your moves getting out of balance - otherwise the construct may collapse. Sometimes, something similar happens in metal manufacturing, too: an unfortunate intermediate step in production can turn into a defect in the final product. 

The Internet of Metals – How to Trace the DNA of a Coil

09 Dec 2020, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, Production, Technology

When people think of DNA analysis they often think about shows like CSI, which portray DNA samples coming into a lab and immediately pulling up a picture of the suspect. It is fascinating how only a single DNA fragment can be used to draw conclusions about a person! This concept can also be transferred to the metals industry: the company coilDNA has developed a revolutionary technology that gives individual pieces of metal an identity, tracks its history and turns them into an intelligent product. 

Chicken or the Egg – How to Perform Root Cause Analysis in 3 Steps

Chicken or the Egg – How to Perform a Root Cause Analysis in 3 Steps

02 Dec 2020, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, Production, Technology

“I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon. I’ll let you know which one comes first!” Unfortunately, metals production is too complex for a simple answer like this. Production defects can often only be detected when it is already too late. So what if you could identify the root cause of a defect and thus once and for all answer the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg?