Dennis Scimeca

Nashua

Technology Editor at IndustryWeek magazine.Bylines in Salon, NPR, Ars Technica, Kotaku, Polygon, GamesBeat, Daily Dot, Mic, Unwinnable. Opinions mine.

Featured in: Favicon

industryweek.com Favicon

arstechnica.com Favicon

bustle.com Favicon

kotaku.com Favicon

venturebeat.com Favicon

complex.com Favicon

dailydot.com Favicon

tubefilter.com Favicon

mic.com

pocketgamer.biz + 8 more

Articles

Northrop Grumman Challenges Engineers and Proves Value with Digital Design

1 week ago | industryweek.com | Dennis Scimeca

Dennis Scimeca: How do you see this technology applying to manufacturing at large, or for small and medium sized businesses? Is this technology they can use or is it really meant for complicated engineering? Adam Shepherd: It could be used from the smallest to the largest. I think it’s all scalable. We do small assemblies all the way up to large installations using the same processes.
Build or Buy Your MES? Lessons from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence

2 weeks ago | industryweek.com | Dennis Scimeca

When Hexagon AB leaders realized they needed a manufacturing execution software (MES) system for process improvement, they decided against off-the-shelf solutions and instead created their own, the Smart Factory Manager. Few companies have the programming expertise or the desire to tackle such a big project when lots of technology providers offer good programs.
Northrop Grumman Deploys XR for Design Efficiency

2 weeks ago | industryweek.com | Dennis Scimeca

As an early adopter personally, augmented/mixed/virtual reality (XR) has been on my radar since 2016 and it’s great to have a bird’s eye view at IndustryWeek of how the manufacturing industry leverages this technology. In March, we wrote about Ford’s deployment of augmented reality (AR) for training purposes at its Rawsonville Components Plant near Detroit.
Industry 4.0 Isn’t Quite So Sexy Anymore

3 weeks ago | industryweek.com | Dennis Scimeca

The GenAI hype bubble has finally burst and it’s back to business as usual—worrying about paying out ransomware demands, finding the right people, decreasing supply chain reliability and figuring out how smart manufacturing helps with any of this. Rockwell Automation’s 2025 “State of Smart Manufacturing Report” is appreciably shorter than last year’s.
So That Happened: Kraft Heinz Brands for Sale?

1 month ago | industryweek.com | Geert De Lombaerde |Laura Putre |Dennis Scimeca |Anna Smith

Things Could Get Chippy at 3M Since taking over at 3M Co. a year ago, Chairman and CEO Bill Brown has preached about the need to regenerate the company’s organic growth engine, including by launching new products at the rate the conglomerate used to. At the recent Bank of America Industrials, Transportation & Airlines Key Leaders Conference, Brown spoke of another opportunity to goose 3M’s top line.
Manufacturing Still Leads Other Industries in Total Cybersecurity Incidents

1 month ago | industryweek.com | Dennis Scimeca

Don’t get lulled into a false sense of cybersecurity just because you’re not hearing about manufacturers hammered with production losses or paying out massive ransomware demands. Threat actors are out there and waiting for you to lower your guard. In 2023, Boeing refused a ransomware demand and the malware gang LockBit published sensitive data on the dark web. Dole’s systems got hacked and led to their shutting down North American operations.
Podcast: Inside John Deere’s Waterloo plant - A model for 5G in modern manufacturing

2 months ago | plantservices.com | Robert Schoenberger |Dennis Scimeca

Key takeawaysJohn Deere built an in-house 5G network to support smarter, more flexible manufacturing operations. 5G offers lower latency and better device mobility than Wi-Fi in dense factory environments. Technical storytelling helps bridge the IT/OT divide in advanced manufacturing systems. Smart factories need both the right tech and the right talent to manage complex systems like 5G.
How John Deere Conquered 5G for Manufacturing

2 months ago | industryweek.com | Dennis Scimeca

John Deere, founded in 1837, is best known for manufacturing heavy machinery for agriculture, construction and forestry. The company has evolved from manufacturing steel plows to selling smart farming systems and breaking ground on the development of fully autonomous tractors. While the term 5G has for years been familiar to anyone that uses smartphones, tablets and other consumer electronics, 5G technology is still finding its place in the manufacturing world.
Is Getting an AI Agent for Your Machine Tools a Good Idea?

Mar 28, 2025 | industryweek.com | Dennis Scimeca

In an agentic AI model, rather than a trigger telling a control function to [slow down the machine], you actually have the machinery recognizing that the input speed has slowed down. Dennis Scimeca: If each station in a production line can control itself and read what’s happening before and after it on the line and make its own decisions, doesn’t that take the human entirely out of the equation?
Augmenting Reality at Ford Motor (Video)

Mar 12, 2025 | industryweek.com | Dennis Scimeca

Augmented reality (AR) is one of the most accessible advanced technologies available to manufacturers today. Anyone who’s worn a pair of glasses knows precisely how to use the hardware. But if you order up some AR devices without a plan, you’ll probably only wind up with another toy sitting on a shelf somewhere. James Massey, senior team leader at Ford’s Rawsonville Components Plant near Detroit, historically doesn’t wear a smile when going about his duties in the shop.