All businesses want to boost productivity and efficiency while reducing errors and accidents, but this is especially important for small businesses operating with tighter budgets and smaller staffs.

Standardization is the process by which a company makes it methods, especially its production processes, uniform throughout its organization. Standardization helps cut costs by eliminating duplicated ...

Recently I wrote about the role of unified supply chain platforms, which enable convergence and help companies navigate the complex global market. The reality is that to streamline the supply chain, ...

After a decade of consultation and debate, on June 7, the European Union approved a directive requiring virtually all electronic devices sold in the EU be equipped by 2024 with a USB-C charging port; ...

Paul Murphy opined recently on the relative merits of standards versus standardization. To paraphrase, standards are good because multiple products do things in the same general way, thus making them ...

Contractors face unique challenges at every phase of a project — whether in planning, executing, or ongoing operations. Projects often encounter unexpected issues that require rapid problem solving.

Zero-trust networking principles have permeated through every area of identity and access management (IAM), particularly in externalized authorization systems. The notion of verifying each access ...

The third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China set clear goals for accelerating the construction of a unified national market. The communique issued by the ...

The workshop served as an endeavor aimed at supporting U.S. participation in global standards efforts. The workshop was attended by nearly 200 participants from across the standardization ecosystem, ...

This is Part 2 of an eight-part series featuring thought provoking insights from the Leadership in the Age of Personalization Summit. Part 1 is here. Leadership in the Age of Personalization “We are ...