Jeff Winter 7/27/25 Jeff Winter 7/27/25

We Shape Our Tools; Then They Shape Us

You’re Not Just Using AI. It’s Using You, Too.

Jeff Winter 7/15/25 Jeff Winter 7/15/25

The Real Cost of Doing Nothing

Digital transformation isn’t expensive. Irrelevance is.

Jeff Winter 7/10/25 Jeff Winter 7/10/25

Manufacturing Technology Investment 2025

We’re Not Underinvesting in Tech. We’re Underinvesting in Readiness.

Jeff Winter 7/8/25 Jeff Winter 7/8/25

AI Maturity in 2025

The State of AI Maturity in 2025: Scaling Ambition, Stumbling on Execution

Jeff Winter 7/3/25 Jeff Winter 7/3/25

The Franken-System: Built to Survive, Not to Last

Your Franken-System Is Showing

Jeff Winter 6/24/25 Jeff Winter 6/24/25

Who is Driving Smart Manufacturing in 2025?

You can outsource your technology, but not your accountability

Jeff Winter 6/19/25 Jeff Winter 6/19/25

You Can’t Scale Excellence with Spreadsheets

If your operations still run on Excel... this might be the part where you start hearing the Jaws theme.

Jeff Winter 6/18/25 Jeff Winter 6/18/25

From Theory to Practice: How AI Is Being Utilized in 2025

How does 2025 compare to 2024? The answers are shockingly different

Jeff Winter 6/17/25 Jeff Winter 6/17/25

The Illusion of Progress: A Guide to Getting the Least Out of Industry 4.0

You can't automate your way out of a mindset problem.

Jeff Winter 6/10/25 Jeff Winter 6/10/25

The Move from Industry 3.0 to 4.0 in Baby Steps

Industry 4.0 isn’t a light switch—it’s a dimmer dial, and most of us are still fumbling for the right setting

Jeff Winter 6/4/25 Jeff Winter 6/4/25

Bridging the IT/OT Divide

There are many ways companies can try and converge IT and OT., but one is better than the rest!

Jeff Winter 6/1/25 Jeff Winter 6/1/25

What Happens When We Trust the Box Without Opening It?

The illusion of intelligence is more dangerous than no intelligence at all.

Jeff Winter 5/27/25 Jeff Winter 5/27/25

How well is ISA-95 Adopted?

92.9% of manufacturers and solution providers use ISA-95 to help with Enterprise-Control System Integration

Jeff Winter 5/24/25 Jeff Winter 5/24/25

Your Biggest Barrier to Transformation

Your biggest transformation blocker might be wearing a company polo and sitting in your Monday morning meeting.

Jeff Winter 5/15/25 Jeff Winter 5/15/25

If your infrastructure looks perfect, you probably don’t understand it.

Digital transformation sounds clean on paper. Reality is held together by scripts and duct tape.

Jeff Winter 4/25/25 Jeff Winter 4/25/25

IT/OT Convergence - How Big Is It?

How big is the IT/OT Market?

Jeff Winter 4/17/25 Jeff Winter 4/17/25

Industry 3.0 Vs. Industry 4.0 Mindset Shift

The shift from Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0 is about far more than machines and algorithms – it’s fundamentally about how we think and operate.

Jeff Winter 4/14/25 Jeff Winter 4/14/25

‘Excel and Jim’ are not an MES Strategy

Heroic effort is not a sustainable strategy—it’s a sign of a broken one.

Jeff Winter 4/9/25 Jeff Winter 4/9/25

Smart Machines, Dumb Data: Why Your Factory Isn’t as Intelligent as You Think

Plugging the Leaks in Your Data Pipeline: From Raw Data to Actionable Insights

Jeff Winter 3/26/25 Jeff Winter 3/26/25

The Expected Value of Artificial Intelligence

AI Is the New Electricity – But Are Manufacturers Wired for It?