T-TIP, Mongo e o código

Ontem, durante o meu jogging ao final da tarde, enquanto chegava aos 5km, no noticiário das 19h na Renascença discutia-se o T-TIP. Lembrei-me do seu provável impacte no sector mais exportador de Portugal, o da produção de máquinas, recordar:

• Ainda acerca do impacte do T-TIP (Outubro de 2015)
• Como se vai preparar para o T-TIP? (Outubro de 2015)
• Para direcções associativas que pensam à frente (Setembro de 2015)

Relacionei logo essa preocupação com uma ideia com que tento seduzir as PME industriais, com o "é meter código nisso": PME e código, já pensou nisso? (parte V).

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Entretanto, leio "Venture investments in new manufacturing technologies could reshape American industry":

"New industrial processes, such as on-demand machining and additive three-dimensional printing, may have a tremendous effect on the U.S. economy. Roughly 33 percent of the economy is fueled by manufacturing and it’s one of the arenas that has been most resistant to incursions from the technology world. Now, all of that is changing for several well-documented reasons.
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The cost of hardware and infrastructure to support the application of technology in manufacturing has come down dramatically even as organizations are looking to improve efficiency by collecting more data on their processes and determining where there are costs to be saved.
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[Moi ici: Interessante esta ideia] MakeTime is an online capacity utilization marketplace for machining. The company provides a way for computerized machining companies to offer their manufacturing services for customized parts during times when those machines would typically sit idle.
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By distributing those orders across a number of different manufacturers during their down-times, MakeTime potentially provides a way for companies to do larger production runs at lower prices.
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“The goal of this whole game is to democratize the manufacturing floor to make things faster, better, and cheaper for a generation of entrepreneurs.” [Moi ici: O equivalente a dar mais poder aos criadores, aos membros das tribos] To make that happen, he adds, the whole manufacturing chain will need to be digitized.
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“It’s all going to play a part in Just in time or on-demand manufacturing,” he said. “We all rise up and we march to the hallowed ground and we bring our manufacturers home to the promised land.”[Moi ici: Míopes! A democratização da produção vai alterar o papel dos produtores, não voltaremos ao modelo século XX]"

Como é que a sua PME vai lidar com estes desafios?