Industry 4.0

12 Crucial Transformations Rolled Product Manufacturers Need to Make to Survive

Lack of data is no longer the challenge, it’s analyzing and using the data you collect to transform your business….

Jerry Murphy Featured in Smart Industry

Jerry Murphy’s article, “3 steps to improve manufacturers’ optimism amid an economic downturn,” was featured in Smart Industry. The article, which highlights insights from…

Understanding Dynamics 365 BC Licensing: Integrating Business Systems, IoT Devices, and the Related Multiplexing Considerations

Manufacturers and distributors using Dynamics 365 Business Central often want to leverage the power of IoT devices to generate billing, service orders, purchase orders,…

How Insurance Organizations Are Digitizing Their Business

As you know, the world is advancing very quickly technologically. My iPhone can provide 5G, I can operate my thermostat from my phone, I…

How IoT is Impacting the Insurance Industry

My first introduction to Internet-of-Things (IoT) was at a Salesforce conference in 2017, and I was very excited about the impact that it could…

Ahead of national vaccine mandate, manufacturers’ vaccination rates remain low, report finds

CHICAGO — November 17, 2021 — Only 16% of manufacturers and distributors report a vaccination rate of greater than 80%, according to a new industry…

Sikich’s regulatory, quality and compliance team enhances supply chain management capabilities with TraceLink partnership

CHICAGO – Oct. 26, 2021 – The regulatory, quality and compliance team at Sikich has partnered with TraceLink to add its supply chain issue…

Technology Modernization Comes to the ETO Industry

Engineer-to-order (ETO) companies create value for their customers by putting specialized expertise, innovative engineering, and project manufacturing operations to work. However, many ETO firms…

Jerry Murphy Featured in Crain’s Chicago

Jerry Murphy was quoted in a Crain’s Chicago article about automation in manufacturing. Jerry, CPA, CMA, CGMA, has more than 28 years of experience…

Securing IoT Devices

Internet of things or IoT devices have become very popular in the last few years, and that has many security implications. The convenience of…

Supply Chain Resilience: Trends & Challenges

This blog’s content was sourced from a webinar recorded on September 23, 2020 at 2PM ET/ 11AM PT with Presenters Kristin Amenson, Debbie Altham…

CROs Can Thrive Through Global Industry Change While Streamlining Their Project and Business Management

Playing a critical role in the development of new pharmaceutical products and medical devices, clinical research organizations (CRO) are subject to the same industry…

Digital Twins in Manufacturing

The Gartner Group on Digital Twins The Gartner Group reported on February 20, 2019, that digital twins were entering mainstream use. Seventy-five percent of…

Discover the Breakthroughs in High-Tech Manufacutring

High Tech Manufacturing: How People Elevate Business-critical Relationships

You can describe the evolution of high-tech manufacturing as a story of changing relationships. When you refocus the business on creating customer value and…

Keeping It Real: Industry 4.0 for High-Tech Manufacturing

Less than ten years after its inception in Germany, Industry 4.0 has not yet transitioned from mostly large and well-resourced early adopters into the…

Security Considerations for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Nowadays, you can use your smart phone to lock your front door from anywhere. And that door can have a doorbell that lets you…

eCommerce Shipment: Cost vs. Delivery

eCommerce shipment, which refers to shipment of products sold and bought electronically, is built not on price, but inventory availability and a promise of…

The Emerging Tech That’s in Constant Flux, Yet Here to Stay: AI, IoT, and Blockchain

As new technology graces the scene, the first question on most people’s minds is, “Is this a fad?” Businesses, especially, want the answer to…