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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.