Mar 31, 2025

March 2025 Newsletter

Season 2 of Smart Manufacturing Mindset is here, and it opens with a conversation on leadership: not just setting a vision, but driving real impact and sustaining momentum over time. This newsletter has that episode along with reflections from ProveIt! 2025.

Also in this edition:

A ProveIt! 2025 fireside chat on industrial data standards, MQTT, and the future of digital transformation, featuring CESMII's Jonathan Wise alongside experts from GE Appliances and 4.0 Solutions.
An interview with CESMII CEO John Dyck at the ARC Advisory Group Industrial Leadership Forum, unpacking industrial data fabrics and the role of standardized data models.
A breakdown of how CESMII's Smart Manufacturing Profiles standardize data models, using OPC UA Part 5 for information modeling.
A case study on a medical parts manufacturer cutting energy costs by 25% using machine learning models on CNC machines.
A feature on CESMII member Bevin Bells, the sixth-generation bell manufacturer, appearing on ABC World News Tonight's "Made in America" series.

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.