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			<span class="post-date">Apr 08</span>

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				Posted by <a href="/forum/user/894-nishu-soni">Nishu Soni</a>				in <a href="/resources/sigmaway-blog/continuous-process-improvement">Continuous  Process Improvement</a>			</span>
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	<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Technologies are changing how things are designed, made, and serviced around the globe and they have the potential for<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">disruptive change</span></strong>. They can create value by connecting individuals and machines in a new "<strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">digital thread</span></strong>" across the value chain. Digitizing the value chain facilitates innovation and can directly improve the top line. Digital manufacturing is already proving its potential. For example:<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Coca-Cola</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>applied a flexible packaging process in its "<strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Share a Coke</span></strong>" campaign, which helped to increase the company's soft-drink volumes across world markets. Read more at: <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/manufacturing/digitizing_the_value_chain" target="_blank">http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/manufacturing/digitizing_the_value_chain</a> </span></p></div>

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