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There was a notable blog recently in the Harvard Business Review on:

Software is to manufacturing what electricity was to manufacturing http://bit.ly/1B7uOT

...meaning that technology -- or the "digitization" of manufacturing -- will change how manufacturing processes occur so much that processes will be unrecognizable. It made me think.

I work for a NH-based company. We make software. The software manages chemical substance data -- for environmental compliance in supply chains.

One of our customers, a leading global aerospace manufacturer, said that with our software, they "reduced approval times by 75%." That's a huge process shift! Think of all the resource time that frees up to do other stuff.

Software helps companies like that one manage chemical info (can't release name but if you're curious, you may go to this testimonials page http://www.actio.net/default/index.cfm/clients/testimonials/ ).

Managing chemical substance info means that environmental compliance -- really, now -- can happen.

Here is a good blog post on the latest REACH regulation in Europe (today's blog post): http://supply-chain-data-mgmt.blogspot.com/

Visibility into manufacturing's chemical doings, and the doings of their supply chains and their customers -- now this can revolutionize not just business process but the whole world's eco-system.

Maybe I'm being too optimistic. Can't help it, I'm a Libra.

Love to hear what others think.