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AI & Machine Learning
The State of AI in Manufacturing 2026
A comprehensive 28-page analysis of AI adoption across discrete and process manufacturing. Covers machine vision, predictive maintenance, and generative AI use cases with real deployment data from 350+ facilities.
Safety
Collaborative Robot Safety Assessment Checklist
A 47-point pre-deployment safety checklist for cobot installations, aligned with ISO/TS 15066 and OSHA guidelines. Covers risk assessment, workspace design, and operator training requirements.
Lean & Kaizen
OEE Tracking Spreadsheet Template
A ready-to-use Excel/Google Sheets template for tracking Overall Equipment Effectiveness across multiple production lines. Includes automated calculations, trend charts, and a monthly summary dashboard.
Digital Factory
Building Your IIoT Data Architecture: A Practitioner's Guide
How to design a scalable, vendor-agnostic IIoT data layer — from edge computing and protocol selection to cloud integration and data governance. Includes architecture diagrams and vendor comparison matrix.
Maintenance
Predictive Maintenance Readiness Assessment
Evaluate your facility's readiness for a PdM programme across five dimensions: data infrastructure, sensor coverage, team capability, process maturity, and vendor ecosystem. Includes a scoring rubric.
Robotics
Choosing Between Cobots and Industrial Robots: A Decision Framework
A structured decision framework for selecting the right robot type for your application. Covers payload, speed, safety zone, programming complexity, and total cost of ownership trade-offs.
Digital Factory
Automation Business Case Template
A structured Word/Google Docs template for building an internal automation investment proposal. Includes sections for ROI modelling, risk assessment, implementation timeline, and stakeholder sign-off.
Workforce
Upskilling for Automation: A Workforce Transformation Playbook
Practical strategies for reskilling production workers as automation expands. Covers skills gap analysis, training programme design, change management, and measuring workforce transformation outcomes.
Automation
Automation Project Scoping Checklist
A 35-point checklist for scoping an automation project from initial concept to vendor selection. Covers process mapping, ROI criteria, integration requirements, and change management planning.