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Industry 4.0 will change everything—are you ready?  As we continue to transition into the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, we know that it will have substantial effects on the world. [...]

  Exploring the Fourth Industrial Revolution and what that means looking forward Today we find ourselves amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or as it is better known, Industry 4.0. Like [...]

Driving change in the workspace can be difficult, especially during times when the technological shift is so fast and sudden. With Industry 4.0 pushing innovation in new directions, the changes [...]

Why does a company choose to deploy Lean techniques?  Let’s start with one of the most basic reasons “why”.  Companies deploy Lean techniques to become more cost competitive.  Everyone buys into [...]

Some people might answer the question, “Why aren’t there more good leaders?” by saying that there are not enough individuals who are born as leaders.  However, leadership is not something a [...]

Manufacturers need to make a difference. Why should any company consider deploying Industry 4.0?  Because it can revolutionize how manufacturers do their business.  SAP Insights explains the [...]

The Key To Delivering Effective Performance Feedback To Your Team Delivering constructive performance feedback is rarely something that a plant manager looks forward to, but it’s one of the most [...]

A while back, CEO of Raven AI, Martin Cloake, wrote an article for LinkedIn titled, ‘Lean vs digital: why Industry 4.0’s identity crisis is costing us so much’. We sat down with Martin on the [...]

Raven Podcast #1 Employee engagement: it’s a challenge that can either excite or frustrate a manager. In the fast-paced environment of a manufacturing facility, it can feel nigh impossible. We [...]

They say that only 1% of the world’s data is being used. When I entered the world of manufacturing, I was obsessed with that 1% of data. Convinced of its value, I manually searched the data for [...]

Production Loss and Data-driven Decisions In the world of manufacturing management, lean manufacturing has become synonymous with the best practice of eliminating waste and providing consumers [...]

AI, What’s the scoop? In my line of work, I talk to a lot of manufacturers. While I have a background in manufacturing, I still learn from each site I visit. Every company is different, but [...]

Raven.ai announced that it raised $6.1 million in equity financing from angel investors. Notable contributors include Fresh Founders (including Shopify’s Tobi Lütke and Harley Finklestein), Rob [...]

Employers and managers know firsthand how engagement plays a large role in productivity. Troubling, a recent Gallup poll reports that engagement levels in the U.S. hover around 30 percent, [...]

Empowering Connectivity through Productive Effort Last month, the unthinkable happened. In my haste to catch my early morning flight, I forgot my cell phone at home. My phone is my tether to [...]

Data or Bust? Data visualization can help human understanding. Many of the best leaders I know, even the ones in AI technology, make decisions based on gut feel. That intuition is based on a mix [...]

I’m a Data Scientist. To an outsider, it’s a job title that might not sound so exciting. I spend a lot of time cleaning and organizing data, getting it ready for analysis. Its important [...]

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion With the fourth industrial revolution in full swing, diversity in manufacturing is undergoing massive changes. Robotics, additive printing, IIoT, artificial [...]

In this digital age, most of us work with advanced technology in some form or another. The typical office worker, and I include myself in that category, uses tools like email, text, Excel, Word, [...]

Industry 4.0 is the face of the future With all the talk about Industry 4.0, it is sometimes difficult to separate the value from the hype. As a standalone term, it can seem like a daunting, [...]

Raven is branching into Healthcare Two weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking on a panel at a hospital’s continuing education session for physicians. While normally the event tackles clinical [...]

Gamification: a bridge between dynamic experience and interactive learning Keeping employees engaged and motivated, especially in manufacturing, can be a steep hill to climb. We already know that [...]

Danaher is Driving Change Using Raven.ai For more than 100 year Danaher‘s dental division has developed innovative and high-quality dental products. With a focus on team cohesion and [...]

Smart Manufacturing is the future. Smart manufacturing is a broad category of manufacturing that employs computer-integrated manufacturing, high levels of adaptability and rapid design changes, [...]

The Truths of Data It has become a bit of a cliché in data science blog posts to say that about 80 percent of a data scientist’s time is spent cleaning up the data (and the other 20 percent is [...]

COVID-19 On the Frontline Even with existing hospital safety protocols, front-line healthcare workers are increasingly at risk of contracting COVID-19. Early figures show that 15% of infections [...]

Unlock OEE Potential Using state-of-the-art CNC machines, Nobel Biocare produces precision machined components that are designed to last a lifetime. By improving response time to downtime, mostly [...]

Raven is Smart Manufacturing Lean manufacturing tools have steadily been digitized over the past few decades which has helped move manufacturers from instinct driven management to KPI driven [...]