Last night, we were treated to a fantastic talk by Dan Miklovic, Managing Vice President of Gartner Inc., who gave us insight into the future of manufacturing, and how automation specifically, fits into it.
Dan noted that companies are dividing into Leveraged Producers, Equity Holding companies, and Tranformational Transnational companies.
Manufacturing virtualization has just begun as Equity Holding companies hire leveraged producers to make their products, and the Transformational Transnationals do it all.
There are numerous
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