Bringing a completely new product to market is no easy feat. We are therefore very happy to have found a new colleague in our Head of Sales Tom, who combines a strong sales drive with technical know-how and a relaxed attitude. We interviewed him to get his perspective on the exciting current phase at sewts. Hi Tom, thanks for your time! First of all, would you ? Hi, I'm Tom Fahning, I'm Head of Sales at sewts and I started here in June. Before that I was a site manager at a company called … [Read more...] about Establishing a Sales Process in a Startup
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Reshoring – What It is and How to Make It Possible
Several events of the last few years have made it obvious that global supply chains are not as reliable as once thought. From the pandemic to political brawls between economic powers and most recently the war in Ukraine, there have been plenty of reasons for companies to rethink their manufacturing processes. A potential solution is “Reshoring” (also “Backshoring” or “Nearshoring”). Let’s look at what it means and how it can benefit the entire world. What is ? „Reshoring“ is the … [Read more...] about Reshoring – What It is and How to Make It Possible
What the Mechatronics Development in a Robotics Software Start-up looks like
Get to know our newest senior hire, Prashant! He joins our Hardware team as Senior Mechatronics Engineer and brings in knowledge from multiple (robotics) start-ups. We sat down for an interview with him to get his insights on sewts, his first weeks and what's next for Mechatronics development at sewts. Hi Prashant, thank you for taking the time! To start things off, ? I’m Prashant Doshi, a Mechatronics Engineer who has been associated with many Start-ups in my career, from a pancake making … [Read more...] about What the Mechatronics Development in a Robotics Software Start-up looks like
Automation and Sustainability
Climate change is undoubtly the biggest challenge of our current time. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the global temperature has been rising rapidly (Earth Observatory offers some interesting graphs here). All in all, there has been a temperature increase of 1°C so far. The Paris Agreement from 2015 sets the goal of limiting further temperature increases to 0,5° at best and 1° as a maximum amount. However, when the progess was reviewed at the 2021 UN Climate Change … [Read more...] about Automation and Sustainability
An Insight Look Into Our Integrated Software and Hardware Development at Sewts
At sewts, we automate processes that have never been automated before. Therefore, there’s a unique challenge in combining our software development with our hardware and process design efforts. Last year, we changed our development process to be more product-driven and to work around a few challenges we had been facing. In this insight article, we want to share the knowledge we’ve gained from our experiences with these modes of working. Our There are multiple challenges … [Read more...] about An Insight Look Into Our Integrated Software and Hardware Development at Sewts
Why We Chose Laundry Automation as the First Application for Our Robotics Software
We find ourselves explaining our first use case a lot. And that’s all good, since we do love seeing the moment when people realize that Industrial Laundry is actually a part of everyone’s life. So this is our explanation written down, hopefully giving you a deeper understanding of what we do as well as a glimpse into our product strategy. If you’ve read our page about our product strategy, you’ll know that our technology can work for many different use cases. We chose an approach of … [Read more...] about Why We Chose Laundry Automation as the First Application for Our Robotics Software