Manufacturing The Future: Engineering Superpowers - May 5, 2015 at TTI / Vanguard, Detroit, MI

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Manufacturing the Future Engineering Superpowers Nick Pinkston Founder & CEO - Plethora @NickPinkston Plethora.com

Transcript of Manufacturing The Future: Engineering Superpowers - May 5, 2015 at TTI / Vanguard, Detroit, MI

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Manufacturing the FutureEngineering Superpowers

Nick Pinkston!Founder & CEO - Plethora

@NickPinkstonPlethora.com

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Manufacturing hasn’t changed…

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Speed to Market

Product Complexity

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Engineering Superpowers

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Engineering Conservatism

Electrical Civil

MechanicalSoftware

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Managing Complexity

Bring software analogies to hardware

14,000man-years

4,500man-years

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Debug

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Compile

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Run

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Flexibility

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Automating Automation

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What about 3D Printing?

Gartner Hype Cycle 2014

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The Manufacturing Ecology

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Digital Fabrication as Ecosystem

Additive Subtractive Cast / Form

Post-Process AssemblyInspection

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Make All Processes Easier

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Engineering Superpowers

Complexity + Speed

Debug + Compile + Run + Be Flexible + Automate Automation

Digital Fabrication is the Real Revolution

REVIEW!

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THANKS!

Nick Pinkston!Founder & CEO - Plethora

@NickPinkstonPlethora.com