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Quote: The Person Who Can Solve Your Impossible Problem Might Be Anywhere on Earth

Crowdsourcing Program Opens to Manufacturers

Moore
JJ Moore
January 23, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO—After more than a decade of testing inside federal agencies, a crowdsourced innovation model that has delivered faster and cheaper engineering solutions for NASA and other government organizations is now being opened to manufacturers.


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Galorath SEERai
Manufacturing Software

New Agentic AI Platform Advances Cost, Schedule and Risk Estimation for Manufacturers

Software helps engineers estimate cost and set schedules for products and projects.
Jennifer Pierce
Jennifer Pierce
November 4, 2025

LONG BEACH, CA—Galorath Inc. has launched SEERai, a new agentic AI platform engineered to deliver secure, traceable and audit-ready cost, schedule and risk insights for manufacturing, aerospace, defense and IT programs. SEERai converts natural-language project data into structured outputs in a matter of hours.



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Directed system or pull system—the schedule tango

Directed system or pull system—the schedule tango

Jon Quigley
December 9, 2019
In an earlier article, we dissected the project scope and explored the work breakdown structure (WBS). The WBS is the disaggregation of the scope into the work products that are required to meet the defined scope. Now, we are going explore setting about doing the work, from a schedule, or perhaps we will not even build a schedule.
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work breakdown structure

What the heck is a WBS?

Jon Quigley
September 9, 2019
The fundamental start of any project is a scope of work document, which specifies what we want the project to achieve. The project scope may start out broadly described based upon business objectives, but it will become increasingly detailed over time.
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Six Reasons for Capital Equipment Disaster

Six Reasons for Capital Equipment Disaster

Capital projects fall short of expectations for reasons that are mostly avoidable
Russ Sorrells
August 12, 2019
In my first postcollege job, I was a manufacturing engineer for Cummins Engine Co. in Columbus, IN. Two weeks into the job, my boss came to me with a project to purchase an industrial wash system, and I leaped at the opportunity. It was a disaster.
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Light Fixation Revolutionizes Two-Part Epoxies

The Challenge of Automating a Manual Process

A systems integrator can provide invaluable assistance when automating a previously manual process
Corey Foster
August 9, 2019
When manufacturing engineers are tasked with automating a process that is currently done manually, their main question for an automation supplier is, "Have you ever automated this specific process before?"
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Project Management for Assembly Automation

Project Management for Assembly Automation

When purchasing an automated assembly system, plan well, build on the experience of others, and work with a solid team.
Darren Verebelyi Ph.D.
March 11, 2019
Your company has just decided to add a new product to the lineup, and now it's up to you to purchase a new assembly line. No worries. It's just like buying something on Amazon, right? You search for a product with at least a four-star rating. You browse a couple reviews. A few clicks later, you're all set.
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Quality products start with quality projects

Quality Products Start With Quality Projects

Jon Quigley
September 10, 2018
Project quality and product quality are different things, but they are inextricably linked—or they should be. It is possible for a project to seem successful and deliver the anticipated result, only to find out later the product is not what was expected.
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