Co-authored by Greg Jaknunas, Sr. Director of Product Development for Accuris. Greg works with electronic component manufacturers and technology partners at Accuris to help teams make better decisions with trusted supply chain intelligence. Why Tribal Knowledge Is a Manufacturing Risk Every manufacturer has a version of Joe. Joe is the component engineer who knows the products, the parts, the...

Bringing physical products to market is a balancing act for most startup companies. Teams are small, budgets are tight, and speed matters. Many organizations begin with spreadsheets and manual processes, but as products mature and complexity increases, those early tools quickly become bottlenecks. To better understand when startups should invest in product lifecycle management (PLM)—and why so...

Cyberattacks are dominating today’s headlines, as digitization poses more security risks for the private and public sectors. In 2024, Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group, experienced a ransomware attack which exposed Social Security numbers, medical records, and addresses of millions of patients.1 In 2025, the Interlock Ransomware Group targeted National Defense Corporation (NDC) and...