My thoughts on emerging technology
The impact of new technology on people, economy, society, business, ethics and religion
Engineers spend roughly half their day on documentation, reporting and information search. The fix is not more AI tools. It is reinventing the engineering function as a system, built on a digital core and a single source of truth, the digital data thread.
Where do we come from, where do we go? | The practice of engineering is evolving by the ongoing introduction of new technologies. Let us dive into the origin and evolution of the engineering practice in relation to the Dutch Semiconductor industry. Just by applying the two central questions of Dan Brown his novel ‘Origin’ we would like to dive into “Where do we come from” and “Where do we go?”
A regional reflection: The Dutch High Tech and Semiconductor region in the Brainport Eindhoven is responsible for approximately 40% of all patents in the Netherlands. Patents, one of the innovation parameters, show us that the Dutch are an innovation powerhouse in hardware innovation. Two (of the many) reasons are the presence of strong campuses like the High-Tech campus, the Eindhoven University of Technology, Brainport industry campus, Helmond Automotive campus amongst others. The campuses shape a unique start- and scale up climate that fits Brabant’s entrepreneurship. Another reason is the presence of global (often Dutch found and hardware-oriented) companies like ASML, NXP Semiconductors, Vanderlande, VDL group, Signify (previously Philips Lightning, Philips Royal amongst others.
This article originally appeared on Accenture Insights. With competitive advantages and market shares at stake, scalability is a key driver for growth in high-tech companies. Ever-increasing demand and emerging technologies […]
It is August the 18th of 2014 when a German government official press ‘post’ on an update called: "Zukunftsprojekt Industrie 4.0”, not knowing that this Industry number will complete transform the way we traditionally did business.[1] Where business transformation in prior times mostly affected individual entities of businesses, this transformation affects the whole business eco-system. The announcement, posted on the “Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung[2]” or, in English, the:”Federal ministry of education and Research” quoted the following key message: “The future project Industry 4.0 aims to enable the German industry in a position to be ready for the future of production. Industrial production will be characterized by strong personalization of products under the conditions of high flexibilised (high-volume) production, the extensive integration of customers and business partners in business and value creation processes and the coupling of production and quality services.”