Ryan Spurr

Ryan Spurr is the Director of Manufacturing Strategy and Business Development at Connection with more than 15 years of experience in manufacturing and information technology leadership. He holds an MBA, MSIT, and is an ASQ member.

Please Stop Factory “Hand-Me-Downs”

September 22, 2022 | Ryan Spurr

For most of my career, I watched a disturbing but common trend: the factory “hand-me-down.” It’s the act of taking older devices from engineers or higher-paid salary employees and passing…

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Manufacturers Deserve a Better Partner

September 6, 2022 | Ryan Spurr

Leading our Manufacturing Practice, I speak with dozens of clients each week, and with the reopening of most businesses, I have again been traveling across the country. The macro themes…

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Don’t Just Upgrade Your Data Center—Transform Manufacturing Operations with AMD EPYC

September 1, 2022 | Ryan Spurr

Operational excellence is everything in manufacturing, whether we’re talking about speeding research and development or producing next-generation products faster, cheaper, and at better quality. The companies that can bring products…

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The Top Use Cases of AR in Manufacturing

August 2, 2022 | Ryan Spurr

When it comes to adopting new technologies, look no further than the home and the next generation of end users. I was visiting friends recently, and their kids were walking…

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Smart Manufacturing: Achieve Better Performance with Fanless Edge Devices

July 25, 2022 | Ryan Spurr

Most manufacturers are investing in smart manufacturing, which means increasing the number of edge-based computing devices in factories, warehouses, yards, and other environments. To put this transformation into perspective, let’s…

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