Asset Management
3 Keys to Digital Transformation
They all stem from a well-known and widely-utilized business tool.
Jan 21st, 2020
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3 Roadblocks Facing IoT in Manufacturing
Dec 5th, 2019
In this 1970s photo provided by Xerox PARC, Larry Tesler uses the Xerox Parc Alto early personal computer system.
Copy/Paste Pioneer Has Died
Feb 20th, 2020
Grounded Boeing 737 MAX airplanes fill a parking area adjacent to Boeing Field, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Seattle. Washington state lawmakers say they will introduce bills, at The Boeing Co.'s request, to suspend the aerospace giant's preferential business and occupation tax rate until the United States and European Union resolve their long-running international trade dispute.
Boeing Seeks to Suspend Tax Rate
Feb 20th, 2020
This undated image provided by AnaOno Intimates, LLC shows Dana Donofree, a Philadelphia-based designer who in 2014 created AnaOno. AnaOno is a line of trendy wireless bras for women who have had breast reconstruction, a mastectomy or lumpectomy.
Cancer Survivors Pioneer New Products
Feb 20th, 2020
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DuPont Ousts CEO, CFO
The company says it did not meet its own expectations in 2019.
Feb 18th, 2020
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Border Wall Threatens Vehicle Maker
Some of the funds would be diverted from hundreds of Oshkosh Army truck orders.
Feb 18th, 2020
Keihin is a major supplier to Honda.
Michigan Auto Supplier to Close
165 workers will lose their jobs.
Feb 17th, 2020
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Moving Through the Maintenance Maturity Model
The digitization of asset data sets the stage for more strategic and automated enterprise asset management.
Feb 14th, 2020
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401(k)s Hit Record
Surging global markets and workers' better savings habits both played a big role.
Feb 13th, 2020
Police officers stand near activists outside BP's headquarters to mark the first day of the oil company's new chief executive Bernard Looney, at St James' Square in London, Wednesday Feb. 5, 2020.
BP Plans Zero Emissions by 2050
As part of the program, BP said it would work to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its products by 50%.
Feb 12th, 2020
In this July 9, 2019, file photo a Lyft ride-share car waits at a stoplight in Sacramento, Calif. Ride-hailing service Lyft's annual loss more than doubled last year to over $2.6 billion, but the company claimed progress as revenue jumped 68% and ridership grew.
Lyft Posts $2.6B 2019 Loss
The company still insists it will be profitable by the end of next year.
Feb 12th, 2020
In this Aug. 28, 2019 file photo supporters of a measure to limit when companies can label workers as independent contractors circle the Capitol during a rally in Sacramento, Calif. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee denied a request by ride-share company Uber and on-demand a request delivery service Postmates for a preliminary injunction protecting them from the new law aimed at giving protections to people who work as independent contractors, Monday, Feb.10, 2020.
Uber Not Exempt from CA Job Law
The law, aimed at giving wage and benefit protections to people who work as independent contractors, will be enforced even as Uber fights back.
Feb 11th, 2020
In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. Chinese smartphone brand Huawei says it will attend the industry’s biggest global event this month in Barcelona while more companies reported losses due to China’s efforts to contain a disease outbreak.
Tech Show Adapts to Virus
More than 100,000 people were expected to attend this year, with about 6% from China.
Feb 10th, 2020
This Nov. 29, 2018, file photo shows the Transient Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory about 50 miles west of Idaho Falls, in eastern Idaho. The director of the Idaho National Laboratory says the U.S. Department of Energy and Idaho will need another supplemental agreement involving spent nuclear fuel so the lab can continue its mission past 2035. Mark Peters on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, told lawmakers on the House Environment, Energy and Technology Committee that the 1995 agreement between the Energy Department and Idaho could stop nuclear research.
Nuke Lab Needs Extension
A 1995 agreement requires all nuclear waste and spent fuel to be out Idaho by 2035.
Feb 7th, 2020
In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo is an Uber office in Secaucus, N.J. Uber continued to lose cash as it poured money into building its food delivery business and developing technology for driverless cars, but revenue for its rides business nearly tripled as the company picked up more passengers around the world. The ride-hailing giant lost $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019, about 24% more than it lost at the same time last year.
Uber Posts $1.1B Loss
A big factor in the massive loss is Uber's investment in driverless cars.
Feb 7th, 2020
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Berry Growers Commit to Recyclable Packaging
Berry growers and trade associations have announced an industry-wide goal to use 100 percent recycle-ready packaging by 2025.
Feb 6th, 2020
This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows the launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile during a developmental test early Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
US Conducts Unarmed Missile Test Flight
The intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from California early Wednesday on a test flight to a target in the Pacific Ocean.
Feb 6th, 2020
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Baltimore Hasn’t Been Recycling Glass
Despite this, the county is still urging residents to sort glass into recycling bins.
Feb 5th, 2020
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Furnace Maker Moves to N.Y.
The company shifts the vast majority of its operations more than 2,600 miles to the east.
Feb 5th, 2020
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Value Propositions that Anticipate Customer Needs
In order to ensure that all value messages resonate, winning organizations create value propositions that meet four simple criteria.
Feb 4th, 2020
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HD Supply to Pay $50M to End Fraud Suit
The settlement will end a 2017 class-action suit that claims the company misled shareholders about supply chain issues.
Feb 3rd, 2020
Harvard University professor Charles Lieber leaves the Moakley Federal Courthouse with his wife Jennifer, right, in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Leiber, chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology, with lying to officials about his involvement with a Chinese government-run recruitment program through which he received tens of thousands of dollars.
Professor with China Links Released on Bond
As part of the deal, he received $50,000 per month and about $150,000 in living expenses.
Feb 3rd, 2020
Law enforcement personnel walk along Rockcrest Rd. after an explosion occurred at nearby Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Houston.
Spark Likely Caused Houston Blast
A highly flammable gas was reportedly leaking.
Feb 3rd, 2020
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Unlocking Traceability, Efficiency in the Supply Chain
See how wearable technology applications can help streamline supply chain processes, boosting traceability and worker efficiency.
Feb 3rd, 2020
In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 file photo, Ginni Rometty, President and CEO of IBM, attends a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Ginni Rometty is stepping down after nearly 40 years with the computing giant and eight years at its helm. The company said Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 that Arvind Krishna will take over as CEO starting April 6 .
IBM's First Female CEO to Exit
Fewer than six percent of S&P 500 companies are currently run by women.
Jan 31st, 2020
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Delta to Launch New Uniform Program
Current uniforms are reportedly causing skin rashes, breathing difficulties and other medical problems.
Jan 31st, 2020
In this June 18, 2015, file photo, an Airbus A380 takes off for its demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. Airbus says it has reached potential settlement agreements with financial investigators in the U.S., Britain and France. British and French authorities are investigating alleged fraud and bribery related to Airbus' use of outside consultants to sell planes.
Settlement May Cost Airbus $4B
While costly, the settlement would allow Airbus executives to avoid trial.
Jan 31st, 2020
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Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas 3M
In September 2019, 3M halted some work related to fluoropolymer manufacturing.
Jan 30th, 2020
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Co. Partly Responsible for Rig Explosion
The 2018 explosion, about 100 miles southeast of Tulsa, was the deadliest drilling accident since Deepwater Horizon.
Jan 29th, 2020
In this undated image provided by Cameron MacMillan, Brian Hourigan works at the Better Collective Tennessee, RotoGrinders.com office in downtown Nashville, Tenn., as NCAA college basketball plays on a television screen above. Sports can be a distraction at work the first few months of the year as pro football and college basketball hold their premier events. Business owners have to make a choice, whether, like McMillan at RotoGrinders.com, they'll allow or encourage staffers to enjoy the moment, or demand that everyone focus on work.
Super Bowl Can Boost Morale
Business owners must choose whether they'll allow or encourage staffers to enjoy the moment, or demand that everyone focus on work.
Jan 29th, 2020
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E-Commerce Tops Consumers’ Complaints
Online shopping comprised 1,134 Washington consumer complaints last year.
Jan 29th, 2020
In this Nov. 6, 2015, file photo, a TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facility is seen in Hardisty, Alberta. Plans for construction of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through South Dakota inched forward last week with several approvals at both the federal and state levels, but opponents in in the state say they haven't given up on preventing, or at least slowing, the pipeline's construction. TC Energy, the Canadian company building the pipeline, plans to begin construction in August 2020, according to a court filing in Montana that also spells out planned work in that state and Nebraska.
What's Next for the Keystone XL?
Opponents in South Dakota say they haven’t given up on preventing, or at least slowing, the pipeline’s construction.
Jan 29th, 2020