In production, waste comes in many shapes and sizes. For some businesses, it could be'reject' products that don't fit the desired weight, size, or shape. For others, it could be a question of quality – such as colour or moisture variances – or raw materials variability. Whatever the form of the waste, production losses are'very important challenges to deal with', according to Seebo co-founder and CEO Lior Akavia. The start-up was born out of a desire to cut waste in production lines, both in prediction and prevention.

Manufacturing companies face numerous issues that affect yield, particularly problems in the production line. In order to address these problems, production line data must be available, insightful, and relevant for teams on the factory floor. Smart factory solutions offered by Seebo automatically translate data from production processes into intuitive, visual, and actionable insights for quality and maintenance teams, process engineers, and management. In an exclusive chat with Mirror Review, Seebo CEO and Co-Founder LiorAkavia speaks about the Industry 4.0 solutions offered by the company. Lior also explains Seebo's strategy to deliver tools that help manufacturing companies optimize their production processes.

When you think of Autodesk, you probably think of desktop software and traditional manufacturing, but the company is trying hard to change that perception, and today it announced the first three investments from its 100 million Forge Fund, which includes a 3D robotics drone company, an on-demand machine shop service and a platform for building smart connected Internet of Things devices -- sexy enough for you? Autodesk, which was founded in 1982, has been looking for ways to shake things up and one way was launching the cloud-based Forge development platform at the end of last year, along with the 100 million fund to encourage companies to start building interesting applications on top of it. This week, the company is holding its first developer conference, Forge DevCon, and these three companies certainly represent a sharp departure from your run-of-the-mill 1980s CAD software. Each company -- 3D Robotics, MakeTime and Seebo -- have existed for some time. In fact, 3DR has been around since 2009 and has collected more than 126 million in funding.