Paurav Shukla, Professor of Marketing and Head of the Digital and Data Driven Management Department at Southampton University discusses how organisations can develop a customer engagement strategy in a digital driven marketplace.

David Wagg, Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics at The University of Sheffield discusses the application of the digital twin concept in asset management.

Professor Peter Ball, Chair of Operations Management and Director of Business & Community Engagement at York University discusses how sustainability ambitions can translate into business results.

Ben Hicks, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Bristol looks at the origins of the digital twin and explores its true purpose in digital transformation.

Electronic automation company Celec describes how it is driving its IOT transformation across the organisation.

Dr. Jorge Calvo, Deputy Dean and Professor at Globis University discusses the critical steps towards digital supply chain transformation.

Tim Baines, Professor of Operations Strategy & Executive Director of the Advanced Services Group at Aston University explores the virtues of servitization as the future of manufacturing.

Chance Professor of Engineering Duc Pham examines the phenomenon that could be attributed to today’s renewed intense interest in AI.

The key to achieving the massive potentials of the marriage of Industry 4.0 and 5G is collaboration between stakeholders from the manufacturing and mobile industry “ecosystems.”

Lean often achieves incredible results but sometimes the transformation is almost set up to fail from the start. This article shares some ways you can fail with lean and what you can do about it.

Daniel Arias Aranda, Professor of Management at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Granada looks at the practicalities surrounding Blockchain in Humanitarian Supply Chain Management

In this first article for The Future Factory from Deborah Sherry, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at GE Digital Europe, Russia & CIS, a unique insight into Europe’s leading manufacturing events is provided.

Olivier Bruyndonckx, Vice President of Business Development and Sales Enablement for the Nokia Software Business Group provides an insight into AI implementation at Nokia

Dr. Rahmyn Kress, Chief Digital Officer and Chairman of the Digital Executive Committee at Henkel discusses why digital disruption is an opportunity

Dr. Bob Emiliani explores the core of Toyota’s production system

Professor Ben Hicks assesses how VR and AR technologies are being used in manufacturing

Dr. Jorge Calvo discusses the benefits of AR utilisation in Manufacturing

Professor Phill Dickens clarifies the technology surrounding 3D printing

Chance Professor of Engineering Duc Pham evaluates the intelligence of robots against their human counterparts

Pierre Charpentier discusses how Industry 4.0 is paving the way for new digital capabilities and business models