Jim Wetzel Honored with Digital Transformation Leadership Award
We’re proud to share that CESMII community leader and longtime industry advocate Jim Wetzel has been named the 2025 Digital ...
Why Smart Manufacturing: What Brought Us Here Won’t Get Us There
Smart Manufacturing is often viewed through the lens of cutting-edge technologies—AI, automation, sensors, digital twins. But in Episode #8 of ...
Smart Manufacturing Executive Council Advocates on Capitol Hill for U.S. Competitiveness
This month, members of the Smart Manufacturing Executive Council (SMEC)—co-led by CESMII and SME—traveled to Washington, D.C. to champion policies ...
Smart Manufacturing Mindset™: Running Today While Building Tomorrow
Behind every digital initiative is an ops leader thinking, "How will this affect the bottom line?" The next episode of ...
CESMII Workshop: Smart Manufacturing Architecture Imperatives
Join us on June 5th for one of the most important (virtual) workshops of 2025, bringing together some of the ...
They Can Hallucinate It For You Wholesale
Is AI finally ready for manufacturing data -- or is the problem the other way around? Here's my updated thoughts ...
CESMII Acronym Update – Emphasizing Collaborations in Smart Manufacturing
"CESMII has served as a center of gravity, pulling together industry, academics, government, and Industry 4.0 organizations across the globe ...
Smart Manufacturing Mindset™: Vision, Execution and Sustaining Success
In our first episode, we’re tackling one of the most critical factors for success: leadership—not just to set the vision, ...
Smart Manufacturing: The Path to the Future
​In the article "Smart Manufacturing: The Path to the Future," John Dyck, CEO of CESMII, and Olivia Morales, Senior Solution ...
SXSW: Smart, Sustainable, Streamlined: Factories of the Future
This panel explores the current state of U.S. manufacturing, what technologies the next few decades will bring, and what steps ...

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