Ways to Improve Shipping Technology in Preparation for Peak Season 2020
October 13, 2020
In the freighting, manufacturing, and retail sectors, August through November/December is commonly referred to as “Peak Season.” It is during this chunk of time that shopping, orders, returns, and shipping increase to an alarming degree as the holiday season, and all of its shopping habits, begin…
Medical Tablets are Essential as Patient Engagement Solutions
October 8, 2020
For the past few years, healthcare has been in the midst of a pivot towards patient empowerment. Value-based care, the abandonment of fee-for-service payment models, pushes to allow patients to access their own data, and many other recently advocated programs are all testaments to this pivot. Even…
Why is On Demand Manufacturing Suddenly Being Talked About?
October 6, 2020
Earlier in 2020, when the COVID pandemic was still in its infancy, manufacturing experienced one of its most prolific and high-profile stories ever. In response to lightning quick reduction in supplies such as PPE and ventilators, several manufacturers answered the call by leveraging their plants…
The Practical and Financial Benefits of Hot Swappable Battery Medical Computers
October 1, 2020
Healthcare, despite its necessity and despite the love many practitioners have for the practice, is rife with its own issues and pain points. Across the board, several nurses, doctors, IT team members, and more all report issues of burnout and frustration, not with the nature of their work, but in…
Defining Lean Manufacturing, Its Core Principles, and Recommended Tools
September 29, 2020
Manufacturing has always been infatuated with creating as much as it can with as little as possible. The less resources, time, and confusing processes involved in creating a product, the less money wasted and the more optimized the operation. And while this is surely true in many regards,…
Rebuilding Surgery After Mass Elective Surgery Cancellations
September 24, 2020
Health as an industry has been rocked by 2020, but the ways in which different professions within that industry have been impacted are varied. Surgery, for example, has experienced significant stress in the form of mass elective surgery cancellations due to mandated shutdowns and stunted recovery…
What is OT Security? IT vs OT Security Best Practices
September 22, 2020
It’s rather unfortunate but cybercriminal activities tend to rise in times of increased stress and anxiety. 2020 has proven to show no shortages of both stress and anxiety and the proportional rise in cybersecurity attacks across all industries tend to prove this trend. Many times, these…
How Medical Technology is Being Used to Improve Contact Tracing
September 17, 2020
Contact tracing has been “in vogue” for quite some time now thanks to COVID-19’s unparalleled impacts on both the healthcare industry and the public’s consciousness of infection. And, like many other medical procedures and processes during this age of remote care, contact tracing can be conducted a…
How Can the Order to Cash Process be Improved with Industrial Computers?
September 15, 2020
Regardless of whether we’re discussing a B2B-based manufacturer or one that sells directly to consumers, the order to cash process is an essential one and one whose optimization should be prioritized. Thankfully, as complicated as the process is, because it’s so complicated and involves so many…
Do You Really Need Industrial Internet of Things? Defining Value in Smart Manufacturing
September 10, 2020
The outcry and advocating for industrial internet of things has been anything but quiet these past few years. Slowly, with the introduction of sensors capable of gathering machine diagnostics and the industrial grade computers designed to house that data and craft actionable insight, Industry 4.0…
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