Are machine builders agile enough to stay relevant in the face of changing consumer needs?

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:00:00 +0000

Recent research by Accenture calls for companies to see consumers through the context of their own lives, rather than as ‘walking wallets’. In our post-pandemic world customers’ lives are impacted by so many different factors and needs are changing fast. Influences such as climate change,…

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How Edge Computing Can Help Manufacturers Prepare for Industry 4.0

Credit to Author: Guest Blogger| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Manufacturers can’t wait to begin their transition to Industry 4.0 — the Manufacturing Report of 2020 highlights MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) findings that show future-ready companies enjoy margins 16% higher than the industry average. However, that doesn’t mean an immediate jump to…

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How IEC 61499 streamlines PLC-driven plant processes

Credit to Author: Fabrice Jadot| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000

As manufacturing continues to evolve, the ability to respond to rapidly changing market conditions has become a growing competitive advantage. Achieving a flexible and low-cost infrastructure that enables fast adaptations requires innovative and open automation systems. Operating from an open architecture, as defined by the…

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How digitalization and Industry 4.0 are helping keep Brazilian industrial operations profitable and productive

Credit to Author: Erik Maran| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Industry is Brazil’s second-largest sector and represents almost a fifth of the overall GDP. But industrial operations in Brazil now face many challenges to increasing productivity and profitability while maintaining safety. In this post, I’ll discuss three critical threats industrial organizations in Brazil are currently…

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Is robotics an answer to the current labor crisis?

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:00:43 +0000

Have you ever thought about the journey your package makes when you order something online? The logistics of how goods are moved along the supply chain can and are having… Read more »

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From design to disposal: why green product is a must for sustainability

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:00:43 +0000

As we transition to renewable energy and electrification there is concern over the environmental impact of new products and technologies like batteries used in electric vehicles or solar panels. There… Read more »

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All in a day’s work: helping machines perform faster, more reliably, and more profitably

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:00:41 +0000

As we emerge from the demand constrained world of the past few years into the fast-paced, uncertain supply constrained world of today (and probably the near future) companies are examining… Read more »

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Minimize cybersecurity risk: Work with Industrial Automation OEMs to digitize operations

Credit to Author: Maurizio Indovini| Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:00:10 +0000

Minimize cybersecurity risk: Work with Industrial Automation OEMs to digitize operations New Industry 4.0 digital transformation technologies are opening the door to more advanced, cost-effective methods for designing, operating, and… Read more »

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