The COVID Pandemic has forced software vendors to recreate their customer events virtually. Sparta Systems went the route of simplification this year with its Connection Virtual Series 2020: offering only six keynote presentation s over the course of two weeks. Sparta shared important updates despite the more abbreviated format.
Read MoreCategories: Cloud, Quality 4.0, Connected Worker, COVID-19, LifeSciences, #SpartaSystems
LNS recently participated in Plex Systems’ annual customer event, PowerPlex 2020, which was held virtually for the first time. Three themes emerged from the event.
Read MoreCategories: Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), Cloud, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Industrial Transformation / Digital Transformation, COVID-19, saas
Last week’s job report showed what many of us already knew intuitively. The real economy is bad and will likely get worse before it gets better.
Read MoreCategories: Operational Excellence, Industrial Transformation / Digital Transformation, IT/OT, Factory of the Future, COVID-19
LNS Research recently hosted an Executive Roundtable online with manufacturers about their responses to the global pandemic. Manufacturers are working closely with their local and national public health institutions, unions and Worker Safety organizations (such as OSHA in the US) to develop plans on how to react to the crisis unfolding in front of them. It should come as no surprise that most manufacturers were quite short-term focused. Few manufacturers reported on developing medium- or long-term plans yet.
Read MoreCategories: Supply Chain Management (SCM), COVID-19
