In this month’s Industry Week, Renee Snell outlines seven ‘tools’ that can bring out the innovation in your next project. They're rooted in what is called "fresh eyes" thinking, or looking at a procedure or goal from multiple vantage points...and helping your team to do the same. (In fact, it's their 'fresh eyes' that can be the very thing that ignites the innovation.)
Check out the complete article here, and add some innovative thinking to your next challenge.
But, with prices on the machines dropping and new prototype design applications becoming commonplace, it is, as Davis puts it, “time to start paying attention.”
For more on exactly what 3-D printing is, and some of the innovations being used in fabricating, check out this article in thefabricator.com
It points to continued growth in key end-markets like energy and commercial aerospace, but also more wide-ranging markets, including building products/tools, HVAC, automotive, industrial automation and construction.
Their overall assessment: “The continuing recovery of the global economy should provide a support for industrial activity.”
Everyone has meetings to attend, but this one caught our eye because it’s a ‘meeting of the minds,’ with fresh, constructive ideas from some of the best minds in manufacturing.
This Manufacturing Summit is happening October 1st in Milwaukee and will cover topics like lean manufacturing, commodity costs, supply chain management and staff recruitment.