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dimax.cloud : weapon of mass production

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How can a country win the war for Industrial Capability and Capacity when its Defense Industrial Base is maxed out? The answer lies in the untapped potential of its small and medium commercial enterprises. Once mapped and securely networked, they can be orchestrated to deliver high volumes of specialized materiel on demand. The first time you ever saw a drone, did you think it could ever challenge an F-15? How about them you saw 10,000 of them in a synchronized swarm? dimax.cloud will be the circulatory system of the US…read more

Feb.05
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Aug.08
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dimax.cloud licenses Trusted Traceability from Siemens

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dimax.cloud has signed an agreement with Siemens to take over development and commercialization of their blockchain-based Trusted Traceability platform. Since signing, we have unified the user experience, implemented cross-company alerting and recall workflows, and integrated agentic AI to validate production. For a demo or quotation for trusted traceability as a standalone service, or as part of a Distributed Manufacturing strategy, please contact info@dimax.cloud

Jan.02
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DiMaX -> dimax.cloud

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Our online address has been dimax.cloud since our inception, but we’ve always referred to the company as DiMaX – the Distributed Manufacturing eXchange. Thing is, we’re not the only company out there using dimax as an identifier, and so we’re fully embracing the full URL in all company communications. We’ve changed the logo accordingly and you’ll see that reflected in the branding on this site and in the operational platform (app.dimax.cloud). Historical posts have not been altered, so scrolling back it’s still possible to see the evolution of the company….read more

Nov.03
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The Origins of DiMaX

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As with most great ideas, the genesis of DiMaX was not a single event, however if we had to choose one, it would be a meeting during COVID between White House officials and Siemens executives. It went something like this… “In Norway there is a seed vault – a kind of Noah’s arc containing the seeds of every species of plant known to man. In the aftermath of a meteor strike, or nuclear winter, we will be able to reboot humanity. “Now the earth may not be burning, but COVID…read more

Nov.03
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On-demand vs Contract vs Distributed Manufacturing

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OK, so they kind of sound like they may be synonyms, however the distinction between on-demand, contract and distributed manufacturing may hold the key to successfully reindustrializing the US. All three make stuff. What separates them is the minimum order quantity, the lead time, location, and the number of stakeholders in the buy-make transaction. Contract manufactures like Jabil or Flex offer OEMs an alternative for a limited or seasonal production run that would be too disruptive to handle internally. They are experts in creating production lines designed to make a…read more

Aug.17
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Siemens Licenses Distributed Manufacturing Systems and Methods Patent to DiMaX

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DiMaX.cloud took an important step to launch over the summer when we signed a licensing agreement giving us exclusive rights to the key IP that the DiMaX team invented while working for Siemens Digital Industries Software. Siemens is the world’s #1 provider of Industrial IT and Automation. If you fly in an aircraft, drive a car, eat food or use a phone it is likely to have been designed using Siemens Xcelerator SW and produced using Siemens SIMATIC HW. If you want that product personalized and manufactured on demand with…read more

Aug.17
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First Analyst Reports

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Distributed Manufacturing at scale requires that production nodes in the network are capable of flexible automation, driven by the manufacturing blueprints published by creators. Before co-founding DiMaX, Alastair’s team in Siemens invented and launched an edge-based Industry 4.0 engine designed called BOPEX that orchestrates CPG and Discrete manufacturing shop floors and unlocks personalized production. Gartner, Forrester, IDC, ARC and LNS were introduced to BOPEX and its implications for Distributed Manufacturing. Here are the first two reports from those briefings : How Capability Matching Helps Manufacturers Optimize Production Processes : David…read more

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