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• The Great Crew Change

  For years, manufacturers have invested in technology to improve efficiency, increase visibility, and drive operational excellence. Yet one of the biggest challenges facing industry today isn’t a technology challenge at all. It’s a knowledge challenge. As experienced workers retire and new generations enter the workforce, manufacturers are confronting the great crew change, as Andreas Eschbach, [...]

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• Construction Resilience, Reinvention, and the Road Ahead

  The construction industry continues to demonstrate resilience amid a rapidly changing economic landscape. While growth remains uneven across market segments, the sector is finding new momentum through public infrastructure investments, digital transformation initiatives, and demand for next-generation facilities such as data centers. But of course, this isn’t anything new. The construction industry has always been [...]

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• Summer Safety Series: Elements of a Good Toolbox Talk

  June is National Safety Month, and we are embarking on a blog series looking at how to heighten safety in the construction industry. We have already examined the importance of the underlying foundational culture, top construction hazards to prevent, and the cost of ignoring safety, particularly in small businesses. Today, let’s turn our attention to [...]

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• From Isolated Pilots to Scalable Automation

  In this conversation, Connected World Editorial Director Peggy Smedley gets right to the point asking Twisthink CEO Dave Moelker practical questions about what it really takes to modernize automation. Dave explains how robotics and hardware teams can add secure wireless connectivity to legacy machines, run AI at the edge for high‑speed vision, and turn raw [...]

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• Fact of the Week – 6/15/2026

  AI spending will reach $2.59 trillion in 2026. That’s 47% increase. @Gartner forecasts worldwide AI (artificial intelligence) spending will reach $2.59 trillion in 2026, representing a massive 47% increase compared to the previous year. The growth reflects how quickly organizations are moving from experimenting with AI tools to making long-term investments in infrastructure, software, and [...]

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