Not too surprisingly, the Internet of Things (IoT) and digitalization were hot topics at this year’s CSIA Executive Conference in Puerto Rico last week. I think it’s fair to say, […]

In February, two dominant industrial consortia for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) met in Zurich, Switzerland, to consider the potential alignment of their respective reference architectures. With a successful […]

The phrase “smart manufacturing” has been heard everywhere this past year, and has become part of every discussion related to manufacturers’ need for a manufacturing execution system (MES) or manufacturing […]

January is typically the month of reflections and resolutions. A new year awaits us to improve on our past and aim at new targets. If this is true from a […]

When I look back on my experience as a system integrator and apply the changes I see taking place today, I see two competing issues affecting the future of industry. […]

I know Dr. Peter Martin from a long time and I always valued his knowledge and enthusiasm. I recently attended his speach at the CSIA conference in Washington DC. It was […]

CSIA Conference 2015 is over and I’m leaving Washington DC with a strong sense of frustration. Not because I feel to have spent poorly the money to attend it, but […]

Last month I wrote about how an unconventional, agile project management approach can be crucial to the success of a manufacturing execution system (MES) or manufacturing operations management (MOM) project. I did […]

The CSIA Conference 2014 is over. Three days of focus on how to build a better System Integration business run away fast as I coudn’t expect. It was a record […]