Insights

One of the most disturbing trends we’ve noticed in the past decade, especially post pandemic, is how many classic machine job shops and contract manufacturers have closed their doors. Industry Week reported that even though economic figures generally seemed positive for manufacturing, the manufacturing industry lost almost 5,000 machine shops between 2002…

At DEVELOP LLC, we believe there’s value in ‘Made in America’ beyond the prestige of domestically manufactured product, and the market is awakening to our way of thinking. A recent study by the Capgemini Research Institute discovered 72% of executives planning major investment in reshoring their supply lines, manufacturing, and…

We’d like to give you the example of the perfect automation adoption attitude. There is an industry that parallels the challenges facing traditional product manufacturing. They adopt both mechanical and IOT automation with complete lack of hesitation. And when they do adopt automated processes, the media cheers them on.  Healthcare:…

Everyone in this generation will have their own Covid-19 story. Covid-19 crossed international barriers, shut down businesses, changed social norms, and forced us to reevaluate what we authentically cherish when we face mortality. Desired outcomes shifted into requirements for survival. The definition of a thriving business shifted from profit to…