Tag: Industry 4.0

Augmented Reality on the Production Line
Augmented reality (AR) is one of the most trending technologies associated with any Industry 4.0 or smart manufacturing initiative. No client says he’s not interested in evaluating it and understanding […]

Analytics – Beyond the Value of Information
For some time, we said that “data is the new oil” to indicate how much value and power there is in having data available. Having data means having knowledge of […]

How Digital Transformation Happens
When talking about digital transformation, it’s typically related to four upcoming technology megatrends: cloud computing, mobility, Big Data and social. Though each of these four technologies can have a tremendous […]

The Digital Supply Chain
Since first developing projects to optimize production management, a shift has occurred in recent years that sees competition not just from manufacturing companies, but the full supply chain. The days […]

CSIA Certification Is More Relevant Than Ever
My company recently went through the process of re-auditing for CSIA Certification. As you can imagine, as the time for the audit time approached, we concentrated more and more heavily […]

Industry 4.0: Evolution or Revolution?
There’s an ongoing debate if Industry 4.0 (or Smart Manufacturing) is a revolution or just an evolution, with conference speakers bringing arguments in favor of one side or the other. […]

What to expect in the 4th Industrial Revolution
http://blog.mesa.org/2016/12/what-to-expect-in-4th-industrial.html

Industry 4.0 and IIoT: different approaches to a smarter industry
https://www.kuppingercole.com/webcast/eic16_session_bernardini.mp4In most cases, the terms Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are used interchangeably. But these two terms, though referring to similar technologies and applications, have different origins […]

Platform INDUSTRIE 4.0 and INDUSTRIAL INTERNET CONSORTIUM agree on cooperation
Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Internet Consortium have been two different souls of a global trend. I was in some way disappointed from that, and wrote about the dualism in a […]

Smart Manufacturing and Its Effect on System Integration
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 […]