Manufacturing
Ideas and insights about manufacturing from MIT Sloan.
The business value of curated model collections
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Engineering organizations can take a page from the art world and embrace curation concepts.
How companies can pursue ‘positive-sum automation’
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To see the benefits of automation, companies need to understand challenges and create more flexible robotic tools.
A risk management playbook for organizational resilience
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How do you manage risk and rebound rapidly when catastrophic events strike? MIT Sloan experts offer a systematic approach to organizational resilience.
Artificial intelligence can design more appealing cars
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Carmakers can spend $3 billion on a single design. Machine learning models can streamline the process — and bring fewer duds to market.
How Intel’s CFO threads the needle on geopolitics — and more
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Intel’s chief financial officer, David Zinsner, talks geopolitical challenges, intellectual property, and creative financing at the MIT Sloan CFO Summit.
Our top 5 ‘Working Definitions’ of 2022
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Distributed leadership, toxic work culture, and three other ideas that stood out this year.
MIT Sloan research on AI and machine learning
An AI productivity boom is coming. Here’s what managers need to know to roll out intelligent technology that’s ethical and worker-centric.
How to forge a clear path to Industry 4.0
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Sensors, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are poised to remake manufacturing. Here’s a 4-step blueprint for transformation.
To boost innovation, think ‘around the box’
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Mining equipment company Epiroc stays relevant by adding valuable features to existing products.
How the Russia-Ukraine war is upending global supply chains
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Experts detail how ripple effects are impeding the flow of goods, creating catastrophic food shortages, and fueling dramatic cost increases and product shortages.