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.

Manufacturing in 2022: Not Accelerating Smart Manufacturing? Your Competition Is

December 15, 2021 | Ryan Spurr

Some people will insist on introducing new concepts or rebranded terminology with their 2022 predictions, but let’s be clear: that’s all hype, as little of significance has changed. Don’t get…

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Managing Factory Equipment from Anywhere

December 9, 2021 | Ryan Spurr

Before the pandemic, there was a trend of shifting engineering to a “shared engineering service” model. This was largely driven by the need to attract and retain talent in the…

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What Making Decisions at the Edge Means for Smart Manufacturing

December 2, 2021 | Ryan Spurr

We hear so much about computing moving to the edge. Predictions like 75% of data will be created and processed outside of traditional centralized data centers leave us to wonder what future…

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Edge to Cloud: How Do We Get There from Here?

November 11, 2021 | Ryan Spurr

In industrial automation, we spend a lot of time focused on connecting things at the edge and doing something useful with data. This might include machine-to-machine automation, edge decision making,…

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Automate Your Way to a Competitive Advantage

November 4, 2021 | Ryan Spurr

Connecting and integrating machines is not an easy task in manufacturing. The heterogeneous nature of all the things contributing to manufacturing processes is staggering. Typically, systems are made up of…

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