Product compliance - "SVHC" for the Manufacturing Industry Value chain!
As I walked out of the discussion on strategies to adopt for managing compliance, the regulatory influence of RoHS, REACH, WEEE in manufacturing industry still occupied my thoughts. The discussion had clearly established how Product compliance had become a "Subject of Very High Concern" for the Value Chain. With increased awareness among the customers and stricter regulatory implementation, the Product compliance has indeed come on ...
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Posted by vajid on January 21, 2015 at 17:59 | Comments(0)
Servitization and its impact on Business Models and Enterprise packages
Was going through some interesting articles on "Servitization", a captivating concept I must say. So what is servitization? Manufacturing industries have been selling products - components or end items as their main offering along with supplementary services such as After Sales...etc. Servitization refers to these organizations packaging their offerings of which services form an integral portion. The main focus is on service required by the consumer rather than the product itself....
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Posted by vajid on January 21, 2015 at 17:51 | Comments(0)
Additive manufacturing: The key to smarter maintenance?
3D printing technology, otherwise known as additive manufacturing, is evolving to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of the manufacturing industry. There seems to be a sea of opportunities for this technology in the Aerospace and Automotive sectors due to their need for high-value complex part replacements, the periodicity of maintenance and the need to reduce inventories. While most of us believe that this technology might still be at a nascent stage, we ought to take a...
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Posted by vajid on January 21, 2015 at 17:49 | Comments(0)