Category: Technology

The Future of ChatGPT in Manufacturing
In my last two posts on ChatGPT, I wrote about exploring how ChatGPT could help manufacturers and system integrators and what benefits it could bring to manufacturing execution systems (MES). Following the documentation […]

Exploring the Use of ChatGPT with Manufacturing Systems
Last month I asked ChatGPT which benefits its integration with a manufacturing execution system (MES) could provide and what the role of a system integrator could be in such a scenario. It […]

What ChatGPT Says About Its MES Abilities
I worked with ChatGPT to learn about its potential applications with manufacturing execution system (MES) software. After working with it for a while, I got the answer shown below. I […]

IT/OT Convergence: More Than Just Connecting Networks
In 2016, when I wrote about IT/OT convergence as one of the key mantras in smart manufacturing, my opinion was that IT/OT convergence was not only a technical issue, but an organizational […]

Why IIoT Demand Continues to Grow
When I look back on the last 12 months, I see a substantial number of changes in the requests for solutions we received from our clients. The pandemic deeply affected […]

S.M.A.R.T. Communication Manufacturing
In my last few articles, I wrote mostly of the impact COVID-19 is having and will have on collaboration in manufacturing companies. Like all of you, COVID-19 impacted my life, […]

How COVID-19 Generated a New Need of Collaboration Tools in Manufacturing
There’s no doubt COVID-19 has already changed many habits in our personal and business life. We are learning to deal with the virus and the many constraints it’s bringing to […]

Operations & Supply Chains After COVID-19
There’s a lot of discussion around what the world is going to look like after COVID-19. There’s even discussion around if there will be an after COVID-19 world or if […]

Thoughts on System Integrators Before and After COVID-19
I know! This is the most predictable topic to write about during these times. Whatever site you visit, magazine or newspaper you read, it’s all about COVID-19—the virus that suddenly […]

How Can a System Integrator Support Environmental Sustainability?
I will not write about the effects of the climate change, because we all know how critical the situation is. The attention is on how everyone should contribute on reducing […]