Tag: IoT

Supply Chain Transformation
Once we accept that the real competition happens at the supply chain level, it becomes obvious that having a perfectly organized, tuned and efficient supply chain is mandatory. At the […]

The Revenge of Custom Applications
In the past year, I’ve seen a significant increase of requests for proposal (RFPs) of manufacturing execution system (MES) applications to be developed on non-traditional MES platforms. They are typically […]

The Knowledge Required for IoT
In a blog a couple months ago, I said I would not write about the Internet of Things (IoT) again until I had something real to talk about. The continuous […]

Is This Really the Internet of Things?
For several months, I have been writing about smart manufacturing and the Internet of Things (IoT). I promised to myself to change topic, but my recent participation in the annual […]

Robots vs. Humans in Smart Manufacturing
Will machines take the place of people in factories? This is one of the questions most frequently asked about Smart Manufacturing. Why? Because for many years the prevalent belief has […]

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 […]

Industry 4.0 or Industrial Internet of Things — What’s Your Preference?
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 […]

Manufacturing Trends and the MES Connection
When referencing big manufacturing trends these days—those trends that evolve rapidly and have a significant impact on changing operations where they are applied—we are often referring to one of four […]