This article originally appeared on the KETIV Blog. To read the original article in its entirety, click HERE. Recruitment and retention of talent have been a struggle across industries since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data from…
NSF-Backed HAMMER Center to Prepare Next Generation Manufacturing Technologies and Workforce
The U.S. is historically known for making grand things. This country built the Hoover Dam, constructed the Golden Gate Bridge, and even invented the mass-manufactured automobile. Our nation’s ability to manufacture quality products at incredible rates even helped turn the…
New US Center to Drive Adoption of Advanced Manufacturing
In June of this year, the Automation Alley, in collaboration with World Economic Forum (the Forum) launched the first thematic Center on Advanced Manufacturing in the United States to join the World Economic Forum’s Network of Centres for the 4th…
Five Benefits of Product Data Management (PDM)
This article is part of a larger piece originally featured on the KETIV blog. To read the original in its entirety, click HERE. Product data management (PDM) is a strategy for product information management and process management–all in one place.…
Five Challenges Facing the Manufacturing Industry and How Digitization can Help
Anyone that has tried to purchase an automobile or electronic device in the past year will tell you that there are clear challenges facing our manufacturing and transportation/shipping industries. Supply chains have been strained as a result of the COVID…
Understanding CAD Automation in Manufacturing
If there’s one way customer expectations have changed in the 21st century, it’s the need for speed. Customers want customized products and they want them fast. It may be unreasonable to expect manufacturers to move at lightning speed, but CAD…
The power of Autodesk Forge—Three key takeaways from Autodesk University 2021
In the government manufacturing, construction, and design world, innovation isn’t hindered by a lack of creativity or ideas. Any manufacturing or architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professional can attest that the challenge is found in executing upon those ideas, especially…
Additive manufacturing – redefining what’s possible for the government
The U.S. military and government agencies are constantly looking for public sector best practices and exciting new technologies that they can implement to help increase efficiency, improve operations, and cut costs for the taxpayer. And few technologies are more capable…
Fabricate better: the new features in PowerMill 2021
This article was contributed by Alex Alvarez of KETIV Technologies. Autodesk’s flagship CAM software, PowerMill just keeps getting better and better. Ever since the acquisition of Delcam, Autodesk has made it their mission to not only focus on core user…
Invent better – the new features in Autodesk Inventor 2021
It’s that time of the year once again when Autodesk introduces their latest and greatest version of Inventor. The Inventor 2021 release is structured around greater productivity for the end user as well as a more efficient workflow with less…
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