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Practical points of view from our partners on fixing the digital thread, engineering processes and putting AI agents to work. Filter by industry or service.

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Perspective · FMCGDraft

Recipe to retail shelf: where FMCG margin leaks, and how to stop it

Food and snack brands rarely lose margin in the kitchen. They lose it in the gaps between recipe sheets, the plant, distributors and finance. Four leaks to look for, and why closing them starts with one data model.

25 October 2026 · 3 min read

Perspective · Discrete ManufacturingDraft

Where AI agents pay back first in manufacturing

The best first agent is rarely the most impressive demo. It is the high-volume, rules-heavy work your teams already do every day, wired into the systems they already use.

24 October 2026 · 2 min read

Perspective · ShipbuildingDraft

Fix the thread before the tools

Most operations don't have a technology problem. They have a thread problem. Why disconnected product data, process and people undermine every new platform, and where to start instead.

22 October 2026 · 2 min read

Perspective · AutomotiveDraft

Process engineering from L1 to L4, explained

What the four levels of process detail mean, why implementations stall without L3 and L4, and how the same model guides PLM configuration and AI agent design.

15 October 2026 · 2 min read

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