MTConnect Showcase

This application is the first virtual MTConnect Showcase app for the Android. View your Machine Tools and Controls on any of your Android devices. The MTConnect Showcase app will demo at the Emerging Technology Center at IMTS 2012. Great for Machine Operators, Maintenance Technicians, Engineers, Programmers, or Plant Managers.

Google Play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ITAMCO.SHOWCASE&hl=en

List of top 15 start-up accelerators

List of top 15 start-up accelerators:

1. Y Combinator of Mountain View, Calif.
2. TechStars Boulder
3. KickLabs of San Francisco
4. i/o Ventures of San Francisco
5. Excelerate Labs of Chicago
6. AngelPad of San Francisco
7. TechStars NYC 
8. TechStars Boston 
9. Launchpad LA  of Los Angeles
10. 500 Startups of Mountain View, Calif.
11. DreamIt Ventures of Philadelphia
12. TechStars Seattle
13. NYC SeedStart
14. Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator of New York City
15. The Brandery of Cincinnati

Reference:http://enterchange.cincinnati.com/2012/08/22/brandery-ranked-top-national-accelerator/

Profiles in Connectivity

A nice article with case study explaining benefits of real-time manufacturing data management and analytics for two small-medium manufacturing job shops.

Click here to access the article online 

Click here to access the PDF copy of the article. 

Assessing the Degree of Analytical Competition

Daveport and Harris describe that there are 5 stages of analytical competition in their book “Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning”. The five stages are described in the following Figure and Table.