October 11, 20210Comments

3 Takeaways from FABTECH 2021

Data Inventions recently attended FABTECH 2021, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event. It was clear to anyone in attendance that the future is now. Manufacturers understand the promise of

by Duane Clement

October 4, 20210Comments

We’re Hiring: But Are More People the Real Answer?

Manufacturing activity in the United States reached an all-time high in March 2021. Demand for domestically produced goods has surged in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the good news.

by Duane Clement

September 20, 20210Comments

Are You Ready to Beat the Average Machine Utilization Rate of 40%?

Owners want to see improved machine utilization rates. Supervisors want to see improved machine utilization rates. Operators want to see improved machine utilization rates. It’s no wonder. The average discrete manufacturer has a machine

by Duane Clement

September 13, 20210Comments

Your Job Shop Is Swamped With Data. Here’s How To Fix It.

A spaceship leaves Earth’s atmosphere and heads toward outer space. Suddenly, something goes wrong. Oxygen is spewing from the tank just off the left wing. Every dial on the instrumentation panel turns suddenly and

by Duane Clement

August 30, 20210Comments

Don’t Let Your Shop Floor be a Rube Goldberg Machine. Simplify and See Results.

Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, inventor, and engineer whose drawings of absurdly complicated machines designed to do ridiculously simple tasks became such a cultural touchstone that we all had to learn about

by Duane Clement

More won't solve manufacturers clarity problem

August 16, 20210Comments

How Discrete Manufacturers Can Stop the Insanity of “More” and Gain Clarity

Clichés are clichés for a reason. One of those clichés? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. We’ve all heard it.

by Duane Clement

August 3, 20210Comments

Data Inventions joins ECI Software Solutions to share industry insights at FABTECH 2021

Erie, PA—Aug. 3, 2021— Data Inventions, an industrial data connectivity platform that turns discrete manufacturers’ disparate production data into manufacturing intelligence to increase utilization and productivity, will be joining channel partner, ECI Software Solutions

by Duane Clement

Reshoring manufacturing demands technology

August 2, 20210Comments

Save American Job Shops With Manufacturing Intelligence

A recent report on MarketWatch highlighted what manufacturing thought leaders already knew: Efforts by politicians and the public sector to save American manufacturing haven’t worked. In the late 1990s, American factories were responsible

by Duane Clement

May 24, 20210Comments

Increasing Utilization by 170 Percent is First Step to Strengthening Manufacturing Sector

America’s economic success depends on a strong manufacturing sector, and a strong manufacturing sector requires technology that can increase utilization, improve productivity, and strengthen bottom lines.

by Duane Clement

May 24, 20210Comments

Extract a Stronger Bottom Line from Your Shop Floor by Improving Data Visibility

Visibility. For far too many of today’s discrete manufacturers, data “visibility” is a loose process where machine operators and supervisors sift through reports, observation, and even guesswork to figure out what

by Duane Clement

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