Feb 28, 2025

February 2025 Newsletter

Jonathan Wise, CESMII's Chief Technology Architect, shares his personal reflections from the ProveIt! Conference on constructive debate and data standardization in Smart Manufacturing. Our January newsletter has his take, along with a look ahead at what's coming this year.

Also in this edition:

A preview of Season 2 of Smart Manufacturing Mindset, hosted by Jeff Winter, kicking off March 25 with a deep dive into leadership's role in Smart Manufacturing success.
An introduction to i3-X, CESMII's early vision for a Standard Manufacturing Information API designed to unlock portable apps and a marketplace built on interoperable data.
An invitation to participate in a Resilient and Flexible Supply Chain Workshop with NIIMBL and the Gates Foundation, addressing biopharmaceutical supply chain resilience.
A case study on California's workforce development program, which has trained over 2,000 manufacturing workers on Smart Manufacturing technologies.
A welcome to Verizon as CESMII's newest member, and a look at a new data integration partnership between members Axiom Manufacturing Systems and Magic Software.

About CESMII

CESMII – the Smart Manufacturing Institute – has a total current investment commitment of $201M from Department of Energy funding and public/private partnership contributions, with a mandate to create a more competitive manufacturing environment in the US through advanced sensing, analytics, modeling, control, and platforms. CESMII is one of 17 Manufacturing USA institutes on this mission to increase manufacturing productivity, global competitiveness, and reinvestment by increasing energy productivity, improving economic performance and raising workforce capacity. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) is the program and administrative home of CESMII. For more information about CESMII, its history and Smart Manufacturing, visit cesmii.org.