The Thomas Blog

Talking Toys with K’NEX Product Designer Heather Croston

This holiday season, we hope that you’re considering gifting STEM toys to the children in your lives. Here at Thomas, we always admire toys that teach, but have you ever wondered how these wonderful toys were designed in the first place?

7 Tools to Grow Your Business in 2016

New Year’s Day is fast approaching — what will your resolutions be?

The holidays are upon us, meaning that now is the perfect time to start thinking about New Year’s resolutions. This year, why not resolve to improve transparency and efficiency throughout your business by incorporating tools that will streamline your activities and boost your productivity?

Thomas Featured on ENGINEERING.com

ENGINEERING.com recently featured Thomas in an article detailing the approaches Building Product Manufacturers (BPMs) are taking to respond to building information modeling (BIM), a new process for designing and constructing commercial buildings.

Why Women Are Made for IoT

Internet of Things (IoT) and Women’s Intuition are not that different. The design of a woman includes a massive repository, heightened senses, and predictive analysis. And for that, maybe IoT should be changed to WIoT: Women's Intuition of Things.

How Will Millennials Influence the Future of Purchasing?

Whether you like it or not, millennials are coming into the supply chain and are beginning to be the employees in charge of purchasing. Millennial purchasing habits still present a challenge, but UPS recently released the Industrial Buyer Survey giving insight to the habits of the "buyers of the future.” 

The Top 9 STEM Toys for Each Kid on Your Holiday Shopping List

Happy first week of December! This weekend kicks off the holidays with Hanukkah beginning on Sunday night and marks the final countdown of shopping days left before Christmas.

If you still need some last-minute gift ideas, we’ve done the research for you and have come up with this definitive shopping list full of STEM-inspired gifts for curious kids. And in the spirit of the holidays, we’ve decided to make things even easier by segmenting the list according to each STEM interest and age group (we’re marketers —persona targeting is what we do).

Amphenol Canada To Provide Dynamic CAD Engine And eCatalog Through Thomas Partnership

Amphenol Canada customers will have streamlined access to CAD models, part specifications and other rich product data.

In an effort to deliver on-demand access to its 3D CAD library and deliver a positive digital customer experience, Amphenol Canada is implementing the Thomas eCatalog and dynamic CAD solution on its website.

A Look at the Top 10 Container Ports in the U.S.

Where is Your Thanksgiving Meal Coming From: A Look at US Food Manufacturing

It’s that time of year again — family comes together, entertainment is in abundance, and food is shared. 

And speaking of food, the newest Food Manufacturing Industry Report lists the eight U.S. states that have the highest added value to the food manufacturing industry. So we took a look at the United States Department of Agriculture State Export Data for what exactly we can be thankful for. The results for each state are below.