How AI will transform manufacturing
-Robert Le Busque, Regional Vice-President, Asia Pacific, Verizon Business In Australia, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has coincided with the Government’s announcement of the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF), $1 billion of which will be dedicated to reinvigorating, accelerating, and building up advanced manufacturing capabilities. As businesses […]
Chip industry’s complicated contours decades in the making
The mixture of happenstance and geostrategy that helped make a small European country key to the global semiconductor market is depicted in delicious detail in Chris Miller’s “Chip War.” The book couldn’t have been timed better. Miller, an associate professor of international history at the Fletcher School, uses a colorful […]
Have your business story read by the decisionmakers in 2024
Planning your media exposure for 2024? JEZ Media and Media Hawkes Bay Limited have some great publications and media platforms where your business and technology stories can be read. Whether your company is developing new products, has a team member to be interviewed, or observations about business going forward in […]
Better Business in 2024
Visit the Media Platforms and Publications we have available and discover where your company’s developments and innovations can be widely read about in 2024. There are many avenues to success…we have them. Contact publisher@xtra.co.nz for further information. Update: Please visit www.nzfoodmanufacturer at www.foodinnovationist.com
The Interview: Marcelo Tarkieltaub, Regional Director, Southeast Asia, Rockwell Automation
Focusing on Rockwell Automation’s Industry Outlook, the growth of industrial automation & smart manufacturing in Asia Pacific, highlighting both the benefits and gaps that businesses must navigate in this growing market. Tell me about Rockwell Automation’s Industry Outlook for the manufacturing sector in Asia Pacific Rockwell Automation’s Industry Outlook for […]
Who is Sam Altman?
On Friday, OpenAI’s high-flying chief executive Sam Altman was unexpectedly fired by the company’s board. Co-founder and chief technology officer Greg Brockman was also removed as the board president, after which he promptly resigned. Now it looks like Sam Altman has ended up at Microsoft. In an unexpected twist, talks […]
Downstream preparation and local ancillary needed for Malaysia’s expanding automotive and electronic vehicle ecosystem
Amid significant injections into the Malaysian Automotive market, the helping hand of collaborative robots can help sub-sector players deal with newly accelerated peaks in manufacturing By Marvin Ming, Country Manager Malaysia, Universal Robots Malaysia has taken a major leap forward in its quest in becoming the region’s automotive and […]
Your company’s visionaries are wrong about the Internet of Things
Slowly but steadily, pressure is building for industrial companies to come to grips with the fact that technology-enabled disruptive change is here. This creates tension in most companies, because the culture in many industries is quite conservative when it comes to innovation. Product designers may be keen to innovate in […]
What is the future of work?
Just like the world at large, the world of work shifts and changes over time. The future of work refers to an informed perspective on what businesses and other organisations need to know about how work could shift (given digitisation and other trends), plus how workforces and workplaces can prepare […]
Working with AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration
Two management and technology experts show that AI is not a job destroyer, exploring worker-AI collaboration in real-world work settings. This book breaks through both the hype and the doom-and-gloom surrounding automation and the deployment of artificial intelligence-enabled—“smart”—systems at work. Management and technology experts Thomas Davenport and Steven Miller show […]
Asia-Pacific most receptive to smart manufacturing usage globally
Companies believe smart manufacturing is key to their business’ future success, The State of Smart Manufacturing Report reveals. Plex Systems, a Rockwell Automation company in cloud-delivered smart manufacturing solutions, has announced the results of its 7th annual study, “The State of Smart Manufacturing Report.” The research reveals that smart manufacturing […]
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will be people powered
Companies at the forefront of the technology frontier are empowering their workers with digital technologies—and the skills they need to use them. For many members of the world’s workforces, change can sometimes be seen as a threat, particularly when it comes to technology. This is often coupled with fears that automation […]
What is the future of work?
Just like the world at large, the world of work shifts and changes over time. The future of work refers to an informed perspective on what businesses and other organistions need to know about how work could shift (given digitisation and other trends), plus how workforces and workplaces can prepare for those changes, big and small. When you think of the future of work, what do you picture? Offices that look more or less like today’s? Factories full of robots? Or something else entirely? While no one can predict the future with absolute certainty, the world of work is changing, just as the world itself is. Looking ahead at how work will shift, along with trends affecting the workforce and workplaces, can help you prepare for what is next: One in sixteen workers may have to switch occupations by 2030. That is more than 100 million workers across the eight economies studied—and the pandemic accelerated expected workforce transitions. Job growth will be more concentrated in high-skill jobs (for example, in healthcare or science, technology, engineering, and math [STEM] fields), while middle- and low-skill jobs (such as food service, production work, or office support roles) will decline. A few job categories could see more growth than others. The rise of e-commerce created demand for warehouse workers; investments in the green economy could increase the need for wind turbine technicians; aging populations in many advanced economies will increase demand for nurses, home health aides, and hearing-aid technicians; and teachers and training instructors will also continue to find work over the coming decade. But other types of jobs may be at risk: for example, as grocery stores increasingly install self-checkout counters, there may be a need for fewer clerks, and robotics used to process routine paperwork may lessen demand for some office workers. The future of work was shifting […]