Dear Steve, iSalute you.

When the whole world is get caught with the egotistic 'I', here is a man who selected an humble 'i' and used it to improve the living standards of egotistic 'I'.

Steve Jobs - The Man who digitized our lives forever. The Man who made the most successful business model after Benjamin Franklin. The Man who showed the world how a simple attire of Black Tee and blue denim is enough for a business presentation. The Man who changed the dimensions of sales and marketing. The Man who showed that 10 years is enough to build the most valuable company in the world.

Steve Jobs is the boon given to mankind. He is one of those rarest soothsayers with a great technological insight. It is an inevitable truth that Apple products has simplified our lives. They predefined the laws governing the user-experience. Steve, with Mac, you defined UI, with Pixar, you defined animation, with iPod you showed the bliss of music, with iPhone you re-invented the mobile phone and with iPad, you redefined the tablets.

A true contributor is one whose life has the profound effect on improving the lives of others. Steve, you are a true contributor. Due to your contributions, you have immortalized yourself among us. You wrote your own lament with the innovations you passed to your future  generations. You have made the world a better place to live in. 

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." - Steve Jobs.

Mr.Jobs is the Man who made every software engineer to raise their heads proudly. Being an engineer, today iSalute the greatest leader of digital era, with my head lowered, my heart full of gratitude, and my soul happy for sharing my life during your time frame. Steve, we vow you too much. May your soul rest in peace.

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me. My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better.”

-Steve Jobs.

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Additive Manufacturing

The manufacturing processes we use today is the general term used to denote the technical process of ‘Subtractive Manufacturing’. Sculpturing is the best example to understand the process of ‘Subtractive Manufacturing’. A huge boulder will sacrifice its layers of stone in order to shape up the sculpture as per the design. Henceforth, it is named as Subtractive Manufacturing. Even though this process is quite simple, it is associated with several disadvantages. Wastage of the raw material is the most notable disadvantage associated with Subtractive Manufacturing.

In order to overcome such cons, scientists and engineers in Britain have coined a new technical process – Additive Manufacturing, also known as 3D printing.

A print well (so it is called) is used for ‘printing’ the designed products with the raw materials as the ‘ink’. A sample diagram of such a print well is shown below.

 

Plastic, resins and metals have passed the input ink test for this print well.  3D printer is also termed as a ‘Fabber’ or ‘Fabricator’.

Researchers of Filton in Britain have disclosed the technology behind their manufacturing of Concorde super-sonic planes. Can you believe that more than 40% of the aircraft parts are made using 3D printing?  Another research student at MIT, USA has succeeded in printing clocks! Additive engineering has been used for almost a decade now. But, it is used for building prototypes alone. Now, it is time for us to print the entire product using the raw materials.

Pros of Additive Manufacturing:

1.          Software-driven. (design becomes easy with all those enhanced preview shots)

2.         Requires less raw material.

3.         Consumers can alter the design as per their own wish.

4.         Can be used to build artificial bones, which are extensively used in bone-replacement surgeries.

5.         All the plastic items can be printed using the technology – ‘Plastic Injection-Molding’.

6.         Can be helpful in meeting the rapid design changes.

7.         Feasibility of Mass-production and Mass-customization of products.

Cons of Additive Manufacturing:

1.          It will reduce the industrialization in rural and urban areas. (Even a common man can manufacture anything if he gets raw material, fabricator and design software)

2.         Due to the fact that it needs less labor, job-generating capacity will be reduced.

3.         Since it is easy to blue-print the entire product, piracy issues will raise.

4.         Piracy issues will lead to the legal implications of Intellectual Property rights (IP).

Whatever may be the pros and cons, there is no doubt that we are on the verge of another industrial revolution, this time led by 3D printing!

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Demise of the Finnish Baron - Nokia

In a recent survey held in our Indian subcontinent, it has been conveyed that the brand name 'Nokia' is the most sought over brand by the people. Still 2007, Nokia led the mobile handset market single-handedly. They did their first mistake by not coping with the new technological arrivals in the market. e.g Android platform. Some of the smaller companies like Huawei and Micromax has largely eroded its market share in China and India respectively.  It didn't come as a surprise to many when the CEO of Nokia announced few days ago that their company is caught up with cash crunch. A recent study shows that the market share of Nokia is eaten up by Samsung, Apple and RIM. When we consider the profits gained for the corresponding market share, Silicon valley giant Apple is setting new records.
The following chart will speak volumes about the strong foothold of Apple which eventually led to the demise of the Finnish Baron.

 The only way of recovery for Nokia is to shakeup their management fundas and to adopt themselves to the changing technical innovations. They shouldn't forget that they are doing business in a world which is characterized by impermanence and move-on principles. Lets wait and watch, what Nokia has in its den to accomplish the much needed recovery.

Courtesy: Asymco

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