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Chris McNamara

Chicago
As seen in: Smart Industry, Chicago Tribune
Covers:  Technology, IIoT, smart manufacturing, cloud, edge, data analytics, cybersecurity

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Chris McNamara’s Biography

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I deliver digital-communications/digital-marketing expertise across publishing, corporate, retail, online-community, media and creative fields with a focus on content marketing, search-engine optimization (SEO), community management, video production, lead generation, social-media strategy, data visualization and audience-based marketing campaigns for B2C and B2B initiatives.

Chris McNamara’s Journalist Portfolio

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Robots, Cobots & You

Robots, Cobots & You

A special report on the evolving role of robots (and their human coworkers) in the modern industrial facility.

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Click the icon! Flip the switch! Pull the plug!

Click the icon! Flip the switch! Pull the plug!

We're hurtling headlong into digital transformation. This is a good thing. Smart approaches to manufacturing,…

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Smart & discrete

Smart & discrete

Many of us in the manufacturing space are quick to herald the ubiquity of digital transformation. "It's chang…

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Behind the numbers: An interview with data

Behind the numbers: An interview with data

"I've been working 24/7 since you data dorks started installing sensors on everything."

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The Next Step for Data Analytics—Driving Business Strategy

The Next Step for Data Analytics—Driving Business Strategy

Are we enabling data to dictate enterprise-wide changes? We should be, and the features in this report provid…

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Technology Report: The Modern Approach to Asset Performance Management

Technology Report: The Modern Approach to Asset Performance Management

Boosting the performance of our machines is the goal of all of our digital-transformation efforts, right? Whe…

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Generative AI (like ChatGPT) is changing manufacturing...but how, exactly?

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By Chris McNamara
| Smart Industry Verified
New research from Capgemini shows that 48% of executives in the manufacturing sector see generative AI significantly disrupting their business models. 30% of industrial manufacturing organizations are currently piloting innovative design and predictive maintenance that can reduce overhead costs and expensive downtime.
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Are workforces in the process space using artificial intelligence differently?

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By Chris McNamara
| Smart Industry Verified
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UPDATE: What can Brown strike do for you, manufacturer?

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By Chris McNamara
| Smart Industry Verified
UPDATE: UPS and the Teamsters have reached a labor deal,  potentially avoiding a crippling strike, per CNN. Read more here. In recent weeks, it appeared as if UPS workers would go on strike. It is now being reported that a strike has been averted. So what would a strike have meant for manufacturers? We asked Bart De Muynck, chief industry officer at project44, who shared his thoughts before the strike was averted. Take a look… Smart Industry: What is about to happen with the UPS workers?
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelance

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Learning about the subject on the front end, then engaging with the reader with the live product.

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter