At this point, most manufacturers have at least started their journey toward a smart factory transformation. They are making investments in critical advanced technologies—cloud, edge computing, and 5G ...

In today’s global economy, product research and development (R&D) has historically been concentrated in the U.S. and China. However, these efforts are beginning to decentralize and spread into new ...

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and smart manufacturing initiatives are accelerating the creation of new technologies, transforming global manufacturing. Like most innovation, competitive ...

Working at Intel, I have the unique opportunity to meet with manufacturing leaders from a wide variety of industries, and they all ask the same question: Will a smart manufacturing operation work for ...

In smart manufacturing, timely and accurate data flow is critical. Manufacturers seek to monitor every step in their process to ensure optimal results. However, significant challenges include ...

As companies make progress on their smart manufacturing initiatives, the competitive intensity of new products, services and ecosystems raises the stakes for all manufacturers. There is a need to ...

Though so much of our attention has been on the Internet of Things, the cloud, Big Data, etc., augmented reality will help our people connect with the intelligent machines around them. Last week I ...

Some customer’s words not only stick with you, they shape your thinking forever after. Many years ago, on a plant tour, a Brazilian pulp plant manager turned to me and said: “Can you help me ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Numerous initiatives have been put into motion around the world to fundamentally transform manufacturing as we know it.

The ISA95 (IEC 62264) standards have an important place in the Industry 4.0 smart factories of the future. The key is an extended ISA95 activity model. From their inception 20 years ago, the ISA95 ...

India stands at the cusp of a manufacturing renaissance, driven by its vast talent pool, expanding digital infrastructure, and strategic initiatives like Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat. India is ...

‘Smart manufacturing’ can be leveraged to support food industry innovation, efficiency and sustainability. FoodNavigator speaks to Rockwell Automation to learn more about the latest advances in the ...