Tag: industrial automation

August 10, 2023

Automation has transformed how businesses operate and compete. Yet when it comes to manufacturing, there is a glaring disparity in technology adoption, particularly between the United States and its international counterparts. Asian manufacturing hubs like Japan and South Korea have […]

November 1, 2022

Robots continue helping humans with everything from leisure to work activities – from playing music and delivering food to picking and packing inventory in distribution centers. As growing labor shortages, volatile lead times, global supply chain challenges and rising costs […]

April 18, 2022

Industrial automation manufacturer, Banner Engineering, has introduced Snap Signal, a new IIoT product line, that captures data from nearly any industrial machine’s device and converts it to a common protocol, enabling an upgrade to Industry 4.0 and higher productivity. Monitoring […]

September 24, 2021

AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, reveals that 85% of businesses plan to increase their investment in digital transformation over the next three years in order to tackle climate change, embrace automation and unlock […]

September 17, 2021

COVID-19 sent shockwaves to the global supply chain as the virus caused thousands of manufacturers to pause operations. Some experts predicted the supply chain would fully recover by the spring and summer of 2021, but due to the surge of […]

June 22, 2021

Think of culture as a seed. How it grows depends upon how it is nurtured. And, once it’s taken root and spread, it requires care to cultivate and optimize yield. Your organization may have this precise challenge. Manufacturing’s revitalized value […]

March 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed clear vulnerabilities in global supply chains and the manufacturing industry as a whole. This unprecedented health crisis showed that production lines have major issues with scaling and adapting to new products, especially when access and […]

March 10, 2021

In the world of manufacturing, the way things are produced has changed dramatically over the years. From the first moving assembly line created, through to the modern-day invention of Artificial Intelligence (AI), it’s safe to say that manufacturing methods have […]

February 24, 2021

Smart products are more popular than ever. From smart watches to smart security systems, consumers have embraced these interconnected products that seamlessly deliver a variety of functions and capabilities, all customizable based on the data these devices capture about user […]

February 15, 2021

Industry 4.0, also referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, is composed of robotic control, automation tools, and big data analytics that support efficient production and maneuver in any manufacturing sector. It not only augments the technology used but also […]

January 13, 2021

To stay competitive in today’s markets and join the march towards Industry 4.0, manufacturers are investing in advanced mobile robotics throughout their factories and warehouses. With these mobile robots, manufacturers can boost operational efficiencies without increasing labor or costs. However, […]

January 6, 2021

The years-long trend toward Industry 4.0, coupled with the pressures of 2020’s economic climate, have made one thing clear: the need to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t just accelerating; it’s become critical. And while many industrial organizations still lack expertise […]

December 22, 2020

Today’s manufacturing leaders are rushing to tout their remote work initiatives, promising flexibility and agility in response to a uniquely challenging year. Call it a new normal, an operational necessity, or just changing with the times. Still, no matter how […]

December 17, 2020

With the IIoT market expected to grow from $77.3 billion in 2020 to $110.6 billion by 2025, 73% of manufacturers plan to increase their investment in smart factory technology over the next year. Below, are some of the critical trends […]

November 16, 2020

The global pandemic caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has prompted many nationally recognized online retailers and food and department store chains to reevaluate the way they perform supply chain operations in order to promote employee health and safety. Accordingly, these […]

September 15, 2020

Safety is a top priority for any factory, but there’s always room for improvement. When you’re working in a busy environment with heavy equipment, there is the potential for accidents, which means people always have to be alert and complacency […]

September 11, 2020

While initially concerned at the impact of remote work mandated as part of COVID-19 safe working practices, many industrial leaders were encouraged to find the use of manufacturing executions systems (MESs) and plant data repositories (Historians) reduced the challenge of […]

June 21, 2018

There is no one size fits all view when it comes to manufacturing. Large, advanced plants are using a plethora of advanced manufacturing processes, robots and data as a core part of their operations. There are emerging startups who are […]

March 3, 2017

As I noted in a recent post, the trend toward a greater focus on edge computing, rather than cloud computing, as the processing and analysis engine of choice for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications has been picking up a […]