3D scanning supports 3D printing

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Material audits increase profits – seeing is believing

‘Been there done that. You won’t achieve anything without major investments or disturbing product quality.’ This is a commonly held misconception regarding the scope of investment and its effect on end products when discussing the merits of introducing resource savings measures. Pilot audit cases in Finland and a decade of small and medium size enterprise audits in Germany have shown, however, that real and significant savings can be achieved with relatively small investments in material audits. In short, resource efficiency pays, and does so handsomely.

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Business Intelligence – from measurement data to smart actions

In recent times companies have shown a growing interest in generating and using measurement data to streamline and develop their operations. Business intelligence has, in fact, become a key success factor in this regard. In order to maintain competitiveness and gain competitive advantages, data use has to be integrated into all organisational levels. Organisations that are able to collect, analyse and process key performance-related data into information that supports smart decision making, can gain competitive advantages.

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