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. […]

When I think about the reduction of paper use in production—the so-called “paperless manufacturing”—I don’t feel that it is particularly innovative. I’ve been hearing about this for 15 years and […]

There are many different points of view when it comes to explaining what the term “smart manufacturing” means. The concept is complex because the term has very different meanings depending […]

In most cases, the terms Industry 4.0 or Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are used interchangeably. But these two terms, though referring to similar technologies and applications, have different origins […]

During the last 20 years, globalization has drastically changed the manufacturing world. No longer bound by geography, many companies moved their production elsewhere solely based on the reduction in labor […]

Last friday we were attacked from a Cryptolocker Virus. CryptoLocker is a ransomware trojan which targets computers running Microsoft Windows, believed to have first been posted to the Internet on 5 September 2013. CryptoLocker […]

Industrial and economic analysts predict that over the next ten years the demand for mass-produced, highly personalized products will guide innovation of production processes and organization. This will require the […]

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 […]

I recently attended three different conferences. One of the common themes that emerged is the value that statistical data processing can bring to the manufacturing process. This is referred to […]

Bitmat pubblica una serie di video interviste raccolte in occasione dell’evento Autoware sull’evoluzione dei sistemi MES del 24 marzo 2015. Per vedere il TG di Bitmat clicca qui