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Like the United Nations’ international delegates who use interpreters to understand each other, robots, machines and other industrial components from various vendors speak different computer languages and need translators to help them communicate.

The COVID-19 black swan event disrupted the global economy and forced companies to rapidly rethink their processes, operations and supply networks.

Smart manufacturing is now being rapidly adopted by a much wider range of business sectors.

To get to smart manufacturing, the industry needs integration, simulation and analysis.

Tacoma, Washington-based Tool Gauge manufactures precision metal and plastic components and assemblies for the aerospace industry.

Composite materials consist of fibers—in the aerospace industry, they are typically glass, carbon or kevlar—suspended in a matrix of epoxy resin.

Avoiding product defects—and quickly finding and fixing those that occur—is a critical priority for all manufacturers.

Risk-management technology is beginning to help manufacturers cope with the supply-chain upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, said Thomas Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management: “We are a lot better at managing risk than even 10 years ago.”

With a single example, Ira Moskowitz makes the case for why the organization he leads may be critical for advancing manufacturing in the United States.

If you ask any number of manufacturers exactly what they felt the first time they crashed a stationary machine tool or dropped portable measuring equipment, you’re bound to get a range of answers—though dread, terror and even nausea will almost certainly be on the list of responses.