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OT/ICS Cyber Security – IT vs. OT
You have numerous manufacturing production assets being added to IT networks for the first time. These OT assets were never designed for connection to the outside world. Are your OT assets protected from cyber-attack? [popup_trigger id="2462" tag="button"...
Implementing Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing Webinar
Earlier this week, Sandalwood, along with our partners at Visual Decisions hosted an informative webinar called, "Implementing Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing. We have implemented Industry 4.0 solutions at many different companies - large and small, and across many...

Join our Implementing Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing Webinar on Feburary 16, 2022 at 11:00 am EST
The Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics team is participating in a really fascinating webinar with our #partner Tim Stuart at Visual Decisions Inc next Wednesday February 16, 2022 at 11:00 am EST. We'll be covering our experiences in implementing #industry40...

Understanding the Log4j Vulnerability
Several weeks ago, a remote code execution vulnerability was identified in the Log4j2 Apache library. This vulnerability spans versions 2.0-beta7 to 2.17.0 with the exception of intermediate versions 2.3.2 and 2.12.4. The vulnerability may be addressed by updating the...

OT/ICS Cyber Security – Asset Inventory
You have hundreds of devices of varying types and vintages at multiple facilities, purchased over many years and no central database of what/where they are. What should be your first step? Contact...

OT/ICS Cyber Security – An Introduction
What percentage of your plant floor industrial control systems do you think are targeted by bad actors? Check out the first video in our OT/ICS Cyber Security series to find out. Contact...

Integrating Safety Culture into Process Design
Author: Umayr Mahbub Safety culture is the ways in which safety is managed in the workplace, and often reflects the attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in relation to safety. It has also been described as "how an organization behaves when...

Fatigue Failure and How To Avoid Injuries at Work
By: Mitch Carswell It has long been recognized that materials experience failure through either a large single force applied to the material OR repeated applications of a lesser load. The Fatigue Failure Theory (FFT) has been around since the 1800’s and has gone by...

Industry 4.0 Breakfast Meeting | Charlotte NC
Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics and partner Feyen Zylstra served as panelists on Factory Eye’s #Industry40 Breakfast Meeting last Tuesday August 17th. APLIX S.A, and other #CharlotteNC area manufacturers discussed their successes and challenges...
Human Centered Process Design Webinar Recording
Last Wednesday August 25, 2021, the Sandalwood team along with our partner, Tim Stuart from Visual Decisions hosted a free webinar discussing Human Centered Process Design. The presenters discussed the Human Centered Design program, a formalized concept, approach and...