Nokia, a lesson in innovation (part 1 of 3).

To talk about Nokia is to talk about one of the most successful companies in the world. Its history of more than 100 years is exciting, full of sobering events. Especially its history in the telecommunications and cellular telephony market, which is the best known to...

Apple: A leader’s DNA of innovation.

In August 2018 Apple became the first U.S. public company to surpass the $1,000,000,000,000,000 mark in market capitalization (this is equivalent to $1 trillion U.S. dollars or $1,000 billion U.S. dollars in “Market Cap”) (1). Why did the market value...

The challenges of Industry 4.0 (part two).

In the first part of this article, we saw the dynamics of a “Smart Factory” (factory of the Industry 4.0 era). All the machines were connected and coordinated in an automated way to carry out the production of canned soft drinks up to the logistics to...

The challenges of Industry 4.0 (part one).

Industry 4.0 is the new industrial revolution that will transform manufacturing and business: Increasing productivity through optimization of all processes. Maximizing the useful life of equipment through more accurate predictive maintenance. Increasing the response...

Digitalization of the supply chain.

A story of collaborative design of the best solution. The plant was experiencing conflicts between the production, warehouse and logistics areas due to differences between what was produced, what was delivered and what was sent to the franchises. The Production...