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In today's customer-centric market, companies must align their product designs, processes, and delivery with customer needs. However, manufacturing departments face several challenges such as extended time to market, waste, and design inefficiencies. Other key challenges include maintaining operational efficiency while reducing downtime. Ensuring that products meet the required quality standards is time-consuming and expensive. In a competitive market, these issues can hinder business success.Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation (RPA), and machine language (ML) have addressed many of these challenges, but there is still room for improvement.Enter Digital Twin Technology: The key to smart manufacturing!Digital twin technology…

NORRIE3699/iStock via Getty ImagesIn our last article on Realty Income (NYSE:O), we highlighted that investors are in a better place after eight years of lackluster returns. We looked at two different extreme long-term scenarios and found it hard to view this as a bad investment no matter what happens. This allows the dividends to be reinvested, creating a nice income profile. For long term holders, we believe this is a good investment as long as you keep your investment horizon long and your expectations modest. We are now upgrading this to a Buy recommendation. Source: Worst drought in 8 years…

If you've been diagnosed with tardive dyskinesia (TD), a movement disorder that develops weeks, months, or even years after starting a class of medications called dopamine antagonists, your health care team will have to make important decisions about your treatment.advertisementCleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps us realize our mission. We do not endorse products or services outside of Cleveland Clinic. Policy”First, you need to identify which medication is causing TD,” explains neurologist Hubert Fernandez, MD. “If your doctor determines that you can safely reduce or stop the medication, that's the best course of…

After three years in office, a long time by modern standards, Fumio Kishida will no longer be Japan's prime minister after September. With the exception of the late Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime ministers seem to change so frequently that it might not seem important who is actually the leader of the country.But it certainly matters when it comes to Japan's defense, which has made extraordinary progress in recent years. There are fears that a change of prime minister could reverse course in Japan's efforts to strengthen its defense, as has been the case historically. There have been some periods of…

As part of its focus on rural development, The Diplomat United Nations Tourism Office hosted an executive training session for sector leaders across the Asia-Pacific region. The two-day “Practical Approaches to Strategy and Product Development” event, held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (5-6 August 2024), brought together rural tourism strategy and product development heads from National Tourism Authority (NTA) and National Tourism Organisations (NTO) across the region. With a rapidly changing world and growing demand for nature-based activities and rural tourism, skills development is essential. The executive training supports and equips managers with the applied knowledge to develop, implement and…

Seyed Ammar Hakim, leader of Iraq's National Wisdom Movement, met with former speaker of Iran's parliament, Ali Larijani, in Baghdad on Sunday night.In their discussions, they considered the impact of the Arbaeen pilgrimage on the people of Iraq and Iran, and the wider region.Describing the Arbaeen pilgrimage as an important event with humanitarian, social and reformative dimensions, Hakim expressed his gratitude to the Shiite Marjas, the people, the government, social activists and the Arbaeen Hajj Association for their efforts in welcoming and protecting millions of pilgrims.The two leaders also discussed the regional political situation and relations between Iraq and the…

As Cole Haan prepares for its 100th anniversary in 2028, it is also adjusting its marketing and product strategies to suit today's hybrid, more flexible workforce.Cole Haan was founded in 1928 as a men's dress shoe company, but the brand is looking to become a lifestyle brand for the post-pandemic era. In 2021, Cole Haan expanded into performance golf and tennis shoes. Today, the company continues to offer footwear and accessories across a variety of categories (from dressy to casual to outdoor) and for any occasion (from office meetings to retreats to dinners). Going forward, Cole Haan wants to be…

Stay up to date with free updatesSimply sign up to the Artificial Intelligence myFT Digest and have it delivered straight to your inbox.Chinese tech giants are investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, doubling their capital expenditure this year despite U.S. sanctions aimed at limiting the country's progress in key technologies.Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu spent a combined 50 billion yuan ($7 billion) on capital expenditures in the first half of the year, up from 23 billion yuan in the same period last year. The companies said they were focusing on buying processors and infrastructure needed to train large-scale language models…

Ekaterina Bigos, chief investment officer for Asia at AXA Investment Managers, said the data was converging towards the Federal Reserve normalizing monetary policy rather than aggressively cutting interest rates. “I still think normalization is an option rather than rate cuts,” he said in an interview with FSA. “I think the next jobs report is going to have to be pretty dramatic for the Fed to consider cutting rates.” “The difference between a rate cut and normalization is that it's 50 basis points instead of 25 basis points,” she explained. In her view, despite recent growth fears and the invocation of…

Breast health is a vital aspect of overall health, and regular screening plays a key role in maintaining breast health. Early detection is key in the fight against breast cancer, and annual mammograms are the gold standard for identifying problems before they become serious. But the discussion of breast health goes beyond a basic understanding of screening, especially when factors such as breast density and personal risk factors are considered. To read more content from South County Health, click here Shannon Champagne, diagnostic imaging manager at South County Health, is a passionate advocate for women's health. “Breast health is something…