Made in China 2025 is a Chinese government initiative to encourage China to continue to move up the manufacturing value chain through smart manufacturing technologies.
China earned its reputation as the "Factory of the World" through an abundance of low-cost labor and low-skilled manufacturing. But as labor costs rise in China, China's manufacturing industry is evolving to become more competitive in advanced manufacturing.
In this SlideShare, learn what the future of Chinese manufacturing might mean for manufacturers in the U.S. and around the world, including China's neighbors in Southeast Asia!
And to learn more about managing product quality in China, download our free eBook on 5 Misconceptions of QC Inspection in China: http://hubs.ly/H06RVdW0
Use this presentation to get a quick understanding of some key metrics to consider when manufacturing in Asia.
Metrics include: daily minimum wage (USD), number of ports, labor force, burden of customs procedure and more.
Choosing where to import from doesn't have to be a difficult decision. With this SlideShare, get the information you need to choose which location is appropriate for your manufacturing needs.
More and more importers are requiring their suppliers to have an Environmental Management System. But why? How do importers benefit from working with a supplier that has an Environmental Management System?
In this presentation, you'll learn about 10 common tests to use on consumer electronics, such as a hi-pot test and thermal shock test. And there's more where that came from.
By learning about these tests, you can also discover if the consumer electronics in your day-to-day life meet your quality standards so you can better protect yourself, your family, or your customers.
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
Use this presentation to get a quick understanding of some key metrics to consider when manufacturing in Asia.
Metrics include: daily minimum wage (USD), number of ports, labor force, burden of customs procedure and more.
Choosing where to import from doesn't have to be a difficult decision. With this SlideShare, get the information you need to choose which location is appropriate for your manufacturing needs.
More and more importers are requiring their suppliers to have an Environmental Management System. But why? How do importers benefit from working with a supplier that has an Environmental Management System?
In this presentation, you'll learn about 10 common tests to use on consumer electronics, such as a hi-pot test and thermal shock test. And there's more where that came from.
By learning about these tests, you can also discover if the consumer electronics in your day-to-day life meet your quality standards so you can better protect yourself, your family, or your customers.
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
This article is all about what AI trends will emerge in the field of creative operations in 2024. All the marketers and brand builders should be aware of these trends for their further use and save themselves some time!
A report by thenetworkone and Kurio.
The contributing experts and agencies are (in an alphabetical order): Sylwia Rytel, Social Media Supervisor, 180heartbeats + JUNG v MATT (PL), Sharlene Jenner, Vice President - Director of Engagement Strategy, Abelson Taylor (USA), Alex Casanovas, Digital Director, Atrevia (ES), Dora Beilin, Senior Social Strategist, Barrett Hoffher (USA), Min Seo, Campaign Director, Brand New Agency (KR), Deshé M. Gully, Associate Strategist, Day One Agency (USA), Francesca Trevisan, Strategist, Different (IT), Trevor Crossman, CX and Digital Transformation Director; Olivia Hussey, Strategic Planner; Simi Srinarula, Social Media Manager, The Hallway (AUS), James Hebbert, Managing Director, Hylink (CN / UK), Mundy Álvarez, Planning Director; Pedro Rojas, Social Media Manager; Pancho González, CCO, Inbrax (CH), Oana Oprea, Head of Digital Planning, Jam Session Agency (RO), Amy Bottrill, Social Account Director, Launch (UK), Gaby Arriaga, Founder, Leonardo1452 (MX), Shantesh S Row, Creative Director, Liwa (UAE), Rajesh Mehta, Chief Strategy Officer; Dhruv Gaur, Digital Planning Lead; Leonie Mergulhao, Account Supervisor - Social Media & PR, Medulla (IN), Aurelija Plioplytė, Head of Digital & Social, Not Perfect (LI), Daiana Khaidargaliyeva, Account Manager, Osaka Labs (UK / USA), Stefanie Söhnchen, Vice President Digital, PIABO Communications (DE), Elisabeth Winiartati, Managing Consultant, Head of Global Integrated Communications; Lydia Aprina, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Nita Prabowo, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Okhi, Web Developer, PNTR Group (ID), Kei Obusan, Insights Director; Daffi Ranandi, Insights Manager, Radarr (SG), Gautam Reghunath, Co-founder & CEO, Talented (IN), Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social and Digital Innovation, THINKHOUSE (IRE), Sarah Yim, Strategy Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo (CA).
Trends In Paid Search: Navigating The Digital Landscape In 2024Search Engine Journal
The search marketing landscape is evolving rapidly with new technologies, and professionals, like you, rely on innovative paid search strategies to meet changing demands.
It’s important that you’re ready to implement new strategies in 2024.
Check this out and learn the top trends in paid search advertising that are expected to gain traction, so you can drive higher ROI more efficiently in 2024.
You’ll learn:
- The latest trends in AI and automation, and what this means for an evolving paid search ecosystem.
- New developments in privacy and data regulation.
- Emerging ad formats that are expected to make an impact next year.
Watch Sreekant Lanka from iQuanti and Irina Klein from OneMain Financial as they dive into the future of paid search and explore the trends, strategies, and technologies that will shape the search marketing landscape.
If you’re looking to assess your paid search strategy and design an industry-aligned plan for 2024, then this webinar is for you.
5 Public speaking tips from TED - Visualized summarySpeakerHub
From their humble beginnings in 1984, TED has grown into the world’s most powerful amplifier for speakers and thought-leaders to share their ideas. They have over 2,400 filmed talks (not including the 30,000+ TEDx videos) freely available online, and have hosted over 17,500 events around the world.
With over one billion views in a year, it’s no wonder that so many speakers are looking to TED for ideas on how to share their message more effectively.
The article “5 Public-Speaking Tips TED Gives Its Speakers”, by Carmine Gallo for Forbes, gives speakers five practical ways to connect with their audience, and effectively share their ideas on stage.
Whether you are gearing up to get on a TED stage yourself, or just want to master the skills that so many of their speakers possess, these tips and quotes from Chris Anderson, the TED Talks Curator, will encourage you to make the most impactful impression on your audience.
See the full article and more summaries like this on SpeakerHub here: https://speakerhub.com/blog/5-presentation-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers
See the original article on Forbes here:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2016/05/06/5-public-speaking-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers/&refURL=&referrer=#5c07a8221d9b
ChatGPT and the Future of Work - Clark Boyd Clark Boyd
Everyone is in agreement that ChatGPT (and other generative AI tools) will shape the future of work. Yet there is little consensus on exactly how, when, and to what extent this technology will change our world.
Businesses that extract maximum value from ChatGPT will use it as a collaborative tool for everything from brainstorming to technical maintenance.
For individuals, now is the time to pinpoint the skills the future professional will need to thrive in the AI age.
Check out this presentation to understand what ChatGPT is, how it will shape the future of work, and how you can prepare to take advantage.
A brief introduction to DataScience with explaining of the concepts, algorithms, machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, clustering, statistics, data preprocessing, real-world applications etc.
It's part of a Data Science Corner Campaign where I will be discussing the fundamentals of DataScience, AIML, Statistics etc.
Time Management & Productivity - Best PracticesVit Horky
Here's my presentation on by proven best practices how to manage your work time effectively and how to improve your productivity. It includes practical tips and how to use tools such as Slack, Google Apps, Hubspot, Google Calendar, Gmail and others.
The six step guide to practical project managementMindGenius
The six step guide to practical project management
If you think managing projects is too difficult, think again.
We’ve stripped back project management processes to the
basics – to make it quicker and easier, without sacrificing
the vital ingredients for success.
“If you’re looking for some real-world guidance, then The Six Step Guide to Practical Project Management will help.”
Dr Andrew Makar, Tactical Project Management
Unlocking the Power of ChatGPT and AI in Testing - A Real-World Look, present...Applitools
During this webinar, Anand Bagmar demonstrates how AI tools such as ChatGPT can be applied to various stages of the software development life cycle (SDLC) using an eCommerce application case study. Find the on-demand recording and more info at https://applitools.info/b59
Key takeaways:
• Learn how to use ChatGPT to add AI power to your testing and test automation
• Understand the limitations of the technology and where human expertise is crucial
• Gain insight into different AI-based tools
• Adopt AI-based tools to stay relevant and optimize work for developers and testers
* ChatGPT and OpenAI belong to OpenAI, L.L.C.
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made in China that meet your
quality standards, if you let
go of these kinds of
misconceptions.
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Download our eBook to learn how to avoid common mistakes
importers make when manufacturing in China!
5. China’s Move Up the Value Chain
Made in China 2025 is a 10 year government
initiative, and the first stage of a larger 3-part
strategy, aimed at transforming China by
2049 into one of the world’s most advanced
and competitive economies.
While China’s manufacturing industry has
undoubtedly earned its reputation as the
“factory of the world,” rising labor costs
have recently led some foreign firms to
move production to emerging economies
in Southeast Asia.
China aims to utilize innovative
manufacturing technologies (“smart
manufacturing”) to continue to move
up the manufacturing value chain.
6. Structural changes in China’s economy
China’s low-skilled, low-cost
manufacturing model is no longer
sustainable as its economy changes.
Labor costs are rising in part due to an
aging workforce, as well as rising worker
expectations for higher paid and higher
quality jobs.
Decades population control have caused
has caused China’s population to already
start shrinking and aging. Even with the
recent relaxation of the one-child policy,
China’s workforce is expected to shrink by
1/3 by 2050.
China’s annual growth rate has slowed
to less than 7%. China’s economy now
requires diversification to transition from
a middle income to high income economy.
7. Slowing migrant workforce growth
5.4
4.4
3.9
2.4
1.9
1.3
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Year-by-yearpercentgrowth
Growth in Chinese migrant workforce
While migrant workers from
China’s internal provinces have
provided a steady flow of
lower-cost labor to factories,
this rate has also been
gradually slowing since 2010
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
8. Double Pressure
While China’s labor costs are rising
higher than its neighbors’ in Southeast
Asia, they are still much lower than in
the developed world.
But as wages continue to rise, China
finds itself caught between competing
with low-cost developing countries
and advanced economies.
9. Focus on Innovative Manufacturing Techniques
Made in China 2025 is China’s blueprint to
compete with the likes of the U.S., Japan,
and Germany as a high-income, modern
manufacturing center for innovation and
high-tech production.
China’s manufacturing industry still has
many strengths to capitalize on as it goes
through this transition:
Well-developed infrastructure
Accessibility to ports and partners in
the dynamic Southeast Asian region
Growing demand from a domestic
consumer class
10. ProductionAdvances in The Industrial Revolution
Mechanized production
The 1st Industrial Revolution: Starting in 1784,
advances in steam power promoted the
transition from hand production to machines.
The cotton gin and steam engine improved
efficiency
Mass Production
The 2nd Industrial Revolution: Starting in 1870,
advances in electric power promoted the
division of labor and specialization. The
telephone, light bulb, phonograph and the
internal combustion engine were invented. The
assembly line was adopted
Automated Production
The 3rd industrial Revolution: Starting in the
1980s, this ongoing period is known as the
“Digital Revolution.” Noteworthy advances
include the invention of personal computers,
the Internet, and information and
communication technology
11. China is Still in the 3rd Revolution Stage
49
531
398
304
176
301
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
China South
Korea
Singapore Japan United
States
Germany
The adoption of machines and automation
is pillar of the 3rd Industrial Revolution. All
advanced economies have completed this
stage, but China has yet to implement this
technology universally
Chinese enterprises utilize an average
of just 49 industrial robots per 10,000
industry employees
Global average: 69, Europe average: 92,
North and South America average: 86,
Asia average: 57
China’s robotic utilization is close to
reaching the Asian average, but is far behind
the levels of advanced economies
Source: International Federation of Robotics, World Robotics
2016 edition
Industrial robots utilized
per 10,000 industry employees
12. Smart Manufacturing as Part
of the 4th Industrial Revolution
The 4th Industrial Revolution builds
on the digitization of production in
the 3rd Revolution. In this stage,
technology is combined and
integrated into processes and
societies in order to fuse the digital
and physical world
It includes technological
breakthroughs in robotics, artificial
intelligence, nanotechnology,
biotechnology, Internet of Things, 3D
printing and autonomous vehicles
Smart manufacturing refers to the
manufacturing industry’s
implementation of these
technological breakthroughs
13. What is Smart Manufacturing?
Adopting software that increases
flexibility of production and degree of
customization
Smart manufacturing processing can
help manufacturers increase flexibility to
customer demand, increase product
customization, and reduce lead times
Implementation of technology like
intelligent machines, advanced
communication systems, big data and
cloud computing
The use of cyber-physical systems that
create and analyze big data to optimize
production processes and logistics
14. 4th RevolutionTechnology in China
In a survey of 100 Chinese companies, only 10 firms have started operative projects to implement
smart manufacturing processes
The percentage of Chinese enterprises that are testing or using Industry 4.0 applications has not
reached the level found in Germany
40%
60%
German enterprises testing or using Industry
4.0 applications
Yes No
21%
79%
Chinese enterprises testing or using Industry
4.0 applications
Yes No
Source: Staufen, China - Industrie 4.0 Index 2015
15. Made in CHINA 2025 Combines
3rd and 4th Revolution Technologies
Made in China 2025 therefore differs from
the U.S. and Germany’s Industry 4.0
strategies in that it combines advances in
3rd and 4th revolution technology
The rate of adoption of Industry 4.0
technology will vary among companies
depending on their existing usage of
industrial robots and machinery
16. Targeted Key Sectors
Automotive Aviation Agricultural
Machinery
Numerical control
tools and robotics
High-tech maritime
equipment
Railway
transportation
equipment
Energy-saving
vehicles
Medical
devices
Information
technology
Power equipment
17. 9 Specific Goals Within Key Sectors
Improving
manufacturing
innovation
Integrating
technology
and industry
Strengthening
the industrial
base
Fostering Chinese
brands
Enforcing green
manufacturing
Promoting
breakthroughs
in the above key
sectors
Advancing
restructuring of
the manufacturing
sector
Promoting service-
oriented manufacturing
and manufacturing-
related service
industries
Internationalizing
manufacturing
18. 5 Projects to Achieve Goals
3. Manufacturing base
strengthening projects
Focus on overcoming outdated
technology bottlenecks
1. Construction of manufacturing
innovation centers
Industrial technology research
bases
2. Smart manufacturing projects
Automation, use of smart
manufacturing in production,
optimizing supply chains
19. 5 Projects to Achieve Goals
4. Green manufacturing projects
Reduce environmental and resource
restrictions on economic development
1000 model green factories and 100
model green industrial parks are to be
established by 2020.
5. High-end equipment innovation
projects
Attain intellectual property rights
20. Key Production Targets For the Chinese Market By 2025
40%
60%
Mobile Phone Chips
Domestically Produced
Foreign Produced
70%
30%
Industrial Robots
Domestically Produced
Foreign Produced
80%
20%
Renewable Energy
Equipment
Domestically Produced
Foreign Produced
Source: Mercator Institute for China Studies, Made in China 2025
21. How Can We See Made in China 2025 Implemented Today?
Adoption of preferential taxation
policies to stimulate further growth
in the targeted sectors
Expansion of the Enterprise
Income Tax Law policies
enacted in 2007
Important high-tech
enterprises that are deemed
necessary to be supported by
the state benefit from a
reduced tax rate of 15%,
compared to the standard 25%
Source: Deloitte, China Factors: A Guide for Investing in China
22. How Can We See Made in China 2025 Implemented Today?
Mergers and acquisitions of international
high-tech companies by Chinese investors
To supplement lack of innovation domestically
and achieve technological catch up faster
China’s share of M&As in the Asia-Pacific
region has increased from 7% in 2005 to
50% in 2015
Over the same period, M&As in industrials
increased from $5.6 billion to $70.5 billion.
Technology, media & telecommunications
(TMT) increased from $0.2 billion to $24.8
billion
Source: Deloitte, China Factors: A Guide for Investing in China
23. A Record $249 billion in M&A Deals in 2016
HNA Group purchased the U.S. high-tech technology distributer
Ingram Micro Inc for $6.3 billion
Haier Group bought General Electric’s home appliance division for
$5.4 billion
ChemChina bought German industrial machinery maker,
KraussMaffei Group for $1 billion
Wanfeng Technology Group, a privately-owned Zhejiang-based
robotics maker, acquired the U.S. industrial robot manufacturer
Paslin for $300 million
ChemChina’s acquisition of the Swiss pesticide and seed
producer Syngenta AG for $43 billion – the largest overseas
acquisition by a Chinese company to date – is currently under
review, but expected to be finalized in April 2017
China’s Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund LP wanted to acquire
Aixtron, a German semiconductor equipment company, but the
U.S. government blocked it over national security concerns (as
semiconductor equipment is also used in weapons systems
24. How Can We See Made in China 2025 Implemented Today?
Increased Research and Development Funding
Percentage of R&D funds of large manufacturing companies should increase from 0.95% in 2015 to 1.68% by 2025
From 2013 to 2015, Chinese inventors registered more than 2,500 patents for Industry 4.0-enabling technologies. In the
U.S., this number was 1,065 and in Germany 441
Experts estimate that only around 35 percent will actually meet the criteria for patentability
So far, only 30% of technological research is being put in practice in China, compared with nearly 70% for advanced
economies
Due to lack of sufficient protection for intellectual property rights and the lack of channels for technologies to transition from
labs into the real world
2500 1065 441
China GermanyUnited States
Number of Industry 4.0 Patents Registered,
2013-2015
Source: Staufen, China - Industrie 4.0 Index 2015
25. How Can We See Made in China 2025 Implemented Today?
Increased lending by government of China policy banks and commercial banks to key sectors
China’s allocated funding for Made in China 2025 greatly eclipses that of other big-spenders on
manufacturing, like the U.S. and Germany
$23.1B
China Germany United States
20 billion RMB for the Advanced
Manufacturing Fund (2.9 billion
USD)
139 billion RMB for the National
Integrated Circuit Fund (20.2
billion USD)
German government
providing €200m (213.5
million USD) for Industry 4.0
technologies
U.S. government providing
70 million USD (to be matched by
private investment for total 140
million USD) for the Smart
Manufacturing Innovation Institute
Source: Mercator Institute for China Studies, Made in China 2025
$70 M
$213 M
26. Companies implementing Smart Manufacturing
Fujitsu, a Japanese information technology company, and INESA, a state-owned company
in China that provides smart city solutions, have partnered together to turn a color-filter
plant into a smart factory. This is to be accomplished with the use of tools such as
Fujitsu's sensors, network technologies, a dashboard solution, and a big data analysis
platform
Wasion, a supplier of advanced energy metering products, expects to invest RMB 159
million ($23.1 million) in smart manufacturing, focusing on metering and electrical
equipment production, as well as research and development, with robotics technologies
playing a pivotal role. It is collaborating with Rethink Robotics, a U.S. company, to
implement robots on its assembly line
The third-largest machine tool manufacturer in China, Qinchuan Machine Tool & Tool
Group (QCMT&T), has built a complete Industry 4.0 production line with the help of Bosch
Rexroth, a German engineering firm
Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology Ltd’s “zero-labor” project aims to scale down its
workforce from 2000 employees to 200 by implementing 1000 robots on its assembly line
27. Technology is the Key to Actualization
of Made in China 2025
The promotion and dissemination of smart
manufacturing technology is the
centerpiece of the strategy. The target
industries, goals, and projects all rely on
technological advances
In order to be a leader in the industry, China
must drive its own technological
acquisition and innovation. Current imports
of foreign technology will need to be
replaced by domestically produced
technology
Goal of Made in China 2025 is that in the
long term, domestically produced
technology will replace foreign imports
28. China’s Technological Gap
But China must overcome it’s current technology
gap
Chinese suppliers are not able to meet demand
for smart manufacturing technology at their current
technological level due to:
Lack of knowledge and qualifications of
employees and executives
Limited standardization of technology and
processes
Insufficient broadband internet connections
Legal uncertainties regarding protection of
patents and data
In the short term, there will be profits and
opportunities for international companies as
Chinese companies look abroad for technology.
But in the long term, the Chinese government hopes
domestic demand will be met by Chinese
manufacturers
29. Evaluating the Challenges to Made in China 2025
There is a lack of bottom-up initiative and
investment, as the initiative is still largely
promoted from the state at the top
Chinese enterprises are still reluctant
and risk-averse to investing in high-
tech equipment for production. They
are content to opt for low-cost
solutions that only require low upfront
investment
No market-forces are pressuring
enterprises to modernize and
maintain competitiveness like in
Western liberal economies. Instead,
Chinese enterprises rely on the state
for market dominance
30. Evaluating the Challenges to Made in China 2025
Workforce skills gap
Upgrading production processes is
likely to result in job losses among
low skilled workforce – a
phenomenon that is already visible in
the United States
Low-skilled workers will be replaced
with a need for a high-skilled
workforce. But China’s educational
system is not equipped to adequately
educate enough high-skilled workers
yet
31. Conclusion
Implementing Industry 3.0 and Industry 4.0
technology in production is the key to
transforming China’s factories from low-
skilled workhouses into competitive modern
facilities
Made in China 2025 reflects China’s move
up the value chain that can already be
seen in the manufacturing industry today
China’s ability to develop innovative
products and stake a claim on the global
stage is essential. China’s brands are
slowly gaining momentum internationally,
but this must continue for it to compete
with Western, advanced economies
32. Implications For China and the World
The actualization of this strategy has widespread
implications for China’s economy, government
and population
The manufacturing industry remains the main
pillar of the Chinese economy and therefore the
Chinese government’s legitimacy rests on
ensuring the manufacturing industry remains
competitive worldwide in order to support the
livelihoods of much of China’s population
If Made in China 2025 is successful, advanced
economies will be forced to reckon with a new
competitor on the global stage. But in the short
term, foreign companies can benefit by filling
China’s technological gap
Developing countries like Vietnam, India,
Thailand and Cambodia will likely see more
opportunities as foreign firms opt to set up low-
cost manufacturing outside China