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When a Manufacturer Asks ‘How Do We Get Smart?’

September 25, 2019
Michael Brundage
“How do we get smart?” I was first asked this question while sitting in on a call with a small manufacturer who supplied parts for automotive manufacturers. With all the buzz around “smart manufacturing,” this manufacturer wanted to join the movement. The problem was that its leaders didn’t know
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Ensuring the Cybersecurity of Manufacturing Systems

October 2, 2017
Timothy Zimmerman
Cybersecurity, at this point in the technological age, has become a household word. Every week, almost like clockwork, it seems there is a story on the news about a newly discovered hack or data breach often made possible by poor cybersecurity practices. Many of these incidents are focused around
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(Baby) Food for Thought: The Limits of Detecting Toxic Elements

July 27, 2017
Laura Wood
As the seasoned mom of three grown children, I’m happy to say that they all made it through babyhood without any major health issues. While I worked as an analytical chemist at NIST during their baby years, I wasn’t working on reference materials for measuring nutrients in the foods that they ate or