Tom Leeson

Tom is Industry Marketing Strategist for the Manufacturing Sector globally. An Engineer by Trade, and Mathematician by Education, Tom’s entire career has been spent in Engineering, Manufacturing and IT helping customers digitally transform their business and their manufacturing sector. With Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things, Manufacturing lives in exciting times, so there is much to talk about.

Automotive

Tom LeesonJanuary 3, 2020

Predicting the top 7 trends in manufacturing for 2020

After starting the year strongly, manufacturing left 2019 faced with shrinking production and global uncertainty. Deloitte suggests manufacturers should increase…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonDecember 10, 2019

Welcome to the era of the industrial cloud

The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is having a profound effect on how manufacturing organizations share information. The explosion in…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonNovember 21, 2019

Sink or swim in the data tsunami

We talk a lot about digital disruption and how new technologies are dramatically altering manufacturers’ business models and operations. While…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonSeptember 6, 2019

Taming the data tsunami

The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is about to transform everything for manufacturers. From smart factories to autonomous supply chains…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonJune 19, 2019

Cybersecurity in manufacturing

Not long ago, many manufacturing CIOs thought that cybersecurity was something only the financial sector had to worry about. Why…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonJune 3, 2019

What does the autonomous supply chain offer the automotive industry?

There’s a good deal of buzz in the automotive industry around the autonomous vehicle. Analysts predict healthy profits and revenue…
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AI & Analytics

Tom LeesonMay 13, 2019

The power of combining AI and analytics for manufacturers

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the hottest topics in manufacturing today. The range of business and operational applications…
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OpenText World

Tom LeesonMay 2, 2019

Industry Guide to Manufacturing: Four trends for the Intelligent and Connected manufacturer

While the manufacturing sector has continued to grow steadily over the last decade, the forecast from the US National Association…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonApril 8, 2019

Production and predictive maintenance use cases for digital twins in manufacturing

Ever-increasing volumes of information have changed the way manufacturers operate. More and more, manufacturers are adopting digital twins to help…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonMarch 29, 2019

Five use cases for digital twins in manufacturing

The digital twin is one of the fastest growing applications of Industrial IoT technology. It creates a complete digital replica…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonFebruary 7, 2019

Brexit and the UK Automotive Industry: Understanding the impact

Uncertainty around the final Brexit deal between the UK and the EU still remains. This is particularly true for the…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonJanuary 31, 2019

Major market trends driving the manufacturing sector in 2019

Earlier this year, OpenText™ became a member of the Manufacturing Leadership Council, the highly influential leadership network for senior executives…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonJanuary 10, 2019

Key factors driving digital transformation in manufacturing

The race to digitally transform is more intense than ever for manufacturers. Companies are embracing new technologies to rapidly evolve…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonNovember 27, 2018

Six trends challenging the factory of the future

According to Capgemini, the factory of the future – often called the smart factory – could add $1.5 trillion in…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonOctober 9, 2018

How auto makers benefit from the connected supply chain

There are three mega trends driving the digital transformation of the automotive sector; Connected, autonomous and electric vehicles. Some time…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonAugust 23, 2018

Stay ahead of the digital curve with our Digital Manufacturing eBook

OpenText™ Enterprise World is always an amazing event and this year was no exception. The world’s largest information management conference…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonAugust 17, 2018

Manufacturing 4.0? Industry 4.0? It’s all digital manufacturing to me

I recently attended the Manufacturers Leadership Summit hosted by Frost & Sullivan in LA. This three-day event was full of presentations,…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonJuly 23, 2018

It’s time to rethink EIM in the automotive sector

At our recent OpenText™ Enterprise World 2018, there was a great deal of talk about two things: how companies have…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonApril 16, 2018

The 4 key capabilities of DAM platforms for manufacturers

In my last blog, I took a look at Digital Asset Management (DAM) and how manufacturers can use this technology…
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Automotive

Tom LeesonMarch 28, 2018

What will be the effect of Brexit in the manufacturing industry?

Last year, the UK government said that it had conducted no sectorial impact assessments of the UK’s withdrawal from the…
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