What the field is telling us.
Notes from the diagnoses we run every week — the failure modes that repeat across manufacturers, and what they mean for whoever's holding the risk.
Staff turnover and data issues are intimately linked.
Here's why a review of your data management should be priority number one if you're churning staff — and why the two problems have the same root cause.
Read the piece →Recent notes.
Why "the new system" fails without a map of the old one.
Rip-and-replace is the most common way to waste a PDM rollout. Mapping first is what makes adoption stick.
AutomationWhy most DriveWorks projects stall before they ship.
It's rarely the automation logic. It's models that were never built to be driven by rules in the first place.
ComplianceThe audit that found the same document in six formats.
What scattered certification records actually cost a manufacturer when the regulator comes knocking.
ProcurementWhy "direct to the manufacturer" beats a cheaper quote.
Landed cost, lead time and reliability — the three numbers that actually decide a sourcing call.
CAD engineeringRebuild first, automate second — the order that matters.
Why a fragile feature tree is the single biggest cause of automation projects that never reach the floor.
LeadershipFrom firefighting to governing: reading your own process map.
A per-person process map gives leadership something rare — a true top-down view of how work actually happens.
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