The servitization megatrend is upon us. Industrial machine manufacturing companies are adding service revenue streams and changing their business models,…
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Colin is Vice President of manufacturing industries and has over 25 years’ experience in ERP software solutions for the sector. Colin has been a professional consultant and senior pre-sales consultant for much of this time and has extensive knowledge of the business issues and requirements faced by manufacturers. This covers many industry sectors, from process manufacturing - Food and Beverage, Chemicals, Life Sciences and Mills and Metals, to discrete manufacturing, industrial and high tech. He is a key member of IFS Product Development and plays an instrumental role in the decisions regarding IFS product strategy. Colin completed a Mechanical Engineering apprentice and holds a BSC degree in Production Technology and Management with a further endorsement in Metallurgy. He has held senior positions within a large engineering company of Works Manager, Production Director and Global Group Systems Manager.
Industrial machines – a move to servitization and circularity
The great reinvention: A business case for the circular economy
With a raging pandemic, disrupted supply chains, climate change, political instabilities, and a growing scarcity of raw materials, 2021 will…
Read MoreThe Circular Economy: Step Beyond Sustainability
Colin Elkins chats to Tom Harper, managing director of Unusual, about the Circular Economy and how it applies to more…
Read MoreArtificial intelligence will spot our organic dumbness
With artificial intelligence (AI) so sophisticated it can pass the Turing Test, loaded with 175 billion language parameters, middle managers…
Read MoreThe Circular Economy is here are you ready to embrace it?
Use the manufacturing slowdown to prepare for the circular economy with a sustainable approach to manufacturing and reverse logistics The…
Read MoreReports from the manufacturing front lines in a post-pandemic world
Manufacturers today are still recovering from the initial economic shocks that came as businesses shut down to prevent further spread…
Read MoreA View from the Bridge: Post Covid-19
An update on my 2020 manufacturing predictions. Earlier this year I made my three process industry predictions, one of which…
Read MoreHow to identify the weak links in your manufacturing supply chains
When a cardiologist puts a patient through a stress test, they can see how the heart functions under load, and…
Read MoreUse Project Thinking and Your ERP for Business Resilience and Market Recovery
Regardless of the reason for an economic shock, we need to view these unpleasant situations as cyclical events that will…
Read MoreMy fridge just told me that my pizza was on recall! Really?
Is blockchain the answer to total traceability and transparency? Traceability, recall, and risk Hardly a day goes by without another…
Read More2020, the year sustainability goes from buzzword to necessity for process manufacturers
Everybody wants sustainable products, and retailers are putting pressure on manufacturers to deliver goods that satisfy consumers’ new preference for…
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