The Second Machine Age
Driverless cars and 3D printers are harbingers of a new era, argue MIT colleagues Brynjolfsson (Director/Center for Digital Business; co-author, Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology Is Reshaping the Economy, 2013, etc.) and McAfee (Principal Research Scientist/Center for Digital Business; Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organisation’s Toughest Challenges, […]
Farnborough: How to organise an air display
When the air display starts each afternoon at the Farnborough International Air Show, business transactions pause and eyes roll heavenward, surrendering to the raucous power play. A major part of the attraction is the evident – if calculated – risk the aviators take. The organisers of this sky-borne shop window […]
No slow down for BoP/Waikato manufacturers
Manufacturers in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions are expanding faster than elsewhere in New Zealand, according to the Performance of Manufacturing Index, and manufacturers are attributing that to the high performing rural sector. “The integration of our rural and urban businesses is delivering real sustainability to the regions’ […]
Staying the course
The manufacturing sector remains in expansion mode, despite some aspects of the results that need to be watched closely in the months ahead, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). The seasonally adjusted PMI for June was 53.3 (a PMI reading above 50.0 indicates that […]
itSeez3D turns iPad Into 3D Scanner
When it comes to 3D scanning, more and more solutions are becoming available as the months go by. 3D scanning is allowing us to take photographs of people and things, in ways that we could never imagine before. Instead of only being able to look at a flat, 2-dimensional photo, […]
Design for Manufacture
– Jurgen Brand, Designbrand Ltd When receiving the suggestion to write this article I had to make a choice of the right ‘angle of attack’, just as designers’ need to ask the first question to define the way we embark on the product development path. […]
Catch 22 for new industry?
Rejection of a proposal for a new industry is disappointing, says BusinessNZ. The Environmental Protection Authority has turned down an application by Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd to start a new industry in the Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Taranaki. The proposed enterprise would have established an under-sea iron sand […]
High strength cellular aluminium foam for the automotive industry
Aluminium foam is used for applications that requires high level of energy and sound absorption characteristics. Researchers have developed an innovative process to make high strength cellular aluminium foam with help from some salt. Aluminium foam exhibits unique properties when compared to its dense form, particularly its lightweight characteristics. Generally, […]
Network Time Machine ensures optimal user experience
The Network Time Machine LTE/VoLTE, is a portable LTE troubleshooting appliance that helps wireless carriers resolve network performance issues quickly and cost effectively. This ability is crucial to reducing customer churn, as subscribers who switch wireless carriers increasingly point to poor customer care and inadequate network performance as their reason […]
NZ first quarter manufacturing sales volumes rose 0.5%
New Zealand manufacturing sales volumes rose a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent in the first quarter, led by gains in chemical and petroleum manufacturing. Chemical, polymer, and rubber product manufacturing volumes rose 8.5 percent helped by increased production at New Plymouth-based Methanex New Zealand and following a 0.5 percent drop in […]
Helping NZ stay corruption-free
An integrity group has started a project to help keep New Zealand corruption-free. The group of New Zealand business and justice organisations has developed anti-corruption training courses, to be launched in Auckland today. The group includes BusinessNZ, ExportNZ, Serious Fraud Office, Transparency International, Deloitte, Chapman Tripp, Institute of Directors and […]
PowerMILL 2015 to launch at IMTS
Picture: The improved collision detection in PowerMILL 2015 will be demonstrated at IMTS. Delcam will launch the 2015 version of its PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining at IMTS 2014 in Chicago from 8th to 13th September on booth E3222, the largest CAM software booth at the show. […]
Further: Unleashed Manufacturing Performance Report Q1 2024, You Tube
To view the Unleashed Manufacturing Performance Report Q1 2024, presented by Greg Roughan of Unleashed Software, please visit the link: