The pandemic and its resulting disruption have highlighted the weaknesses in traditional manufacturing best practices. Clearly, what many organizations believed to be best practices were not actually the best when faced with events like COVID-19. Consequently, the industry best practices are evolving. Here are six…
Ana Astri-O'Reilly
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Managers need to know what happens at every stage of the production process. Also, they need to make all kinds of decisions, from how much raw material to purchase to calculate delivery time. Automated production tracking provides the information necessary to improve processes, reduce costs,…
Ana Astri-O'Reilly
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Industries across the board use the Internet of Things to help increase efficiency and value in their supply chains and logistics operations. IoT-enabled asset tracking, as an example of a factory automation system, allows businesses to know the location and condition of assets at any…
Ana Astri-O'Reilly
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The first pandemic wave impacted the majority of workers in the manufacturing sector. A variety of factories and plants across the country experienced large-scale clusters of outbreaks that caused concern and worry among workers and the general public. Worker safety became the number one concern…
Ana Astri-O'Reilly
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Thanks to the explosion of IoT (Internet of Things), artificial intelligence, and machine learning, manufacturing companies are fast turning to smart manufacturing. The first step to becoming a smart factory is to understand the benefits of data collection and implement a real-time data collection system….
Ana Astri-O'Reilly
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Different industries pioneer change in a world that is in constant flux. They innovate, reinvent themselves, and try to find different strategies to deal with change. For example, after the pandemic, many businesses went digital and manufacturing companies were not the exception. Also, many turned…
Ana Astri-O'Reilly
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IoT is making noise in every industry, regardless of the rollercoaster ride of digital transformation. IoT has revolutionized every industry in every aspect, including asset management. It has replaced traditional methods and created a better way to produce, improve efficiency and accuracy, and reduce costs….
Ana Astri-O'Reilly
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Edge computing and cloud computing are the future of computing and are here to stay. We tend to confuse them, thinking they mean the same or that one will replace the other. The truth is, they are the two sides of the same coin. Both…
Ana Astri-O'Reilly
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IIoT technology (Industrial Internet of Things) is the core of this digital economy. It is everything you have hoped it would be. Every business has seen a paradigm shift in the way they view and use predictive technology. The Industrial Internet is truly transformational. It…