Tag: Manufacturing

Introduction This blog summarizes challenges in life sciences manufacturing along with examples of Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers using cloud technology to improve their operations. We explore reference architectures illustrating how AWS services can be used to establish the foundation for “Industry 4.0.” Finally, we describe an AWS assessment engagement customers can use to understand […]

Introduction Although AWS re:Invent routinely fills up the hotels and venues on the Las Vegas strip with standing-room only crowds, this year is different: We are bringing re:Invent to manufacturing and industrial customers with an all-virtual and FREE three-week lineup that begins November 30. This year’s conference will be rich with many opportunities to learn […]

Introduction A forecast from International Data Corporate (IDC), a global market intelligence firm, predicts that by 2025 there will 55.9 billion connected devices, or “Internet of Things (IOT)”, worldwide. With these new devices, the need for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design software will continue to grow. However, just having the right tools in the hands […]

Hackathons give organizations an opportunity to focus engineering resources on solving challenges or driving bursts of innovation. On July 27, 2020, 3M hosted a week-long virtual 3MHackathon20: The Curiosity Code 2.0 where 800 3Mers from across the globe came together to solve real-world challenges using automation, machine learning, and various other technologies. In this hackathon, […]

Introduction Have you started looking for ways to let your employees work from home while continuing operations? This blog describes two best practices for addressing your immediate needs, while ensuring employee safety. With the need to move to essential only staffing, restrictions on travel and staff proximity, and quarantines within the workforce, a growing number […]

The below article originally appeared in WIRED. IN 1916, the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, or 3M, opened its first research lab, a closet-sized space in its St. Paul sandpaper factory. A series of incidents across the first 14 years of the company’s existence—one involving a shipment of sandpaper botched in transit by a spilled […]

From December 2 to December 6, we expect more than 60,000 attendees will spread out across six venues on the Las Vegas Strip, promising to make re:Invent 2019 the biggest re:Invent yet. The manufacturing industry continues to be a key focus area for AWS with a growing number of industry leaders leveraging AWS to optimize […]