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The Role of MES in an IIoT World
As the Industrial Internet of Things continues to gain momentum in manufacturing, many wonder about the future of manufacturing execution systems and their relation to digitalization initiatives.
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What is IO-Link?
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MES is Dead, IIOT has arrived.
IIoT
Are DataOps the Missing Link to Industry 4.0?
IIoT
Is Software Eating Industry Yet?
Software
The SaaS-ification of PTC
PTC’s pending acquisition of Onshape will add a cloud-based Software as a Service product development platform to the company’s CAD and PLM portfolio.
Networks
The Machine Economy is Upon Us
The IOTA Foundation has been working on an IoT communication protocol that will enable machines to autonomously conduct transactions in a fee-free, secure, and trustworthy exchange.
Software
Bringing Industry 4.0 to the Australian Defense Force
This article lays out the four key benefits when adopting Industry 4.0 technologies in your organization.
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Siemens Adds Artificial Intelligence to Control Logic
The neural processing unit module for the Simatic S7-1500 controller and the ET 200MP I/O system enables machines to recognize complex patterns.
Control
Today’s Digital Transformation Reality
Dana Inc. and Streamline Innovations show how digital transformations can start today in the discrete and process industries using Ignition to overcome legacy infrastructure’s digital shortcomings.
Software
Siemens PLM Name Change Reflects New Reach
Siemens PLM becomes Siemens Digital Industries Software to reflect the inclusion of manufacturing operations management capabilities, IOT analytics, and app development aimed at building new systems and integrating and extending existing ones.
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Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project
Learn about planning and project management, building your machine or automated system, and technologies to improve manufacturing outcomes. Automation World’s free resource features 150 pages on managing automation projects from start to finish.
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Combining IIoT and AI to Elevate Machine Health
Augury’s Halo platform—a turnkey offering that combines sensors, artificial intelligence, and vibration experts—can diagnose the “acoustic footprint” of a machine, flagging a problem before it impacts performance.
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Making the Case for the Smart Manufacturing Ecosystem
New advances in technology are helping manufacturers tackle all kinds of new problems, but the organizations that learn how to leverage the emerging innovation-driven ecosystem are the ones who will compete and grow in the decades to come.
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Air Products Extends Business with Cloud-Based Services
By connecting equipment in the field to to its own ProcessMD platform using Siemens Mindsphere, Air Products has been able to deliver its expertise to customers to help them reduce downtime and energy costs.
IIoT
5 Essential Security Features for Control, Edge, and IIoT Systems
Regardless of the connected automation device you’re looking to install, key security features to look for include network interfaces, firewalls, data communication options, encryption and certificate management, and user accounts.
Control
Achieving Energy Efficiency Through Industry 4.0
Examining the installation of IoT technology in a pharmaceutical production environment can help illustrate how IoT can aid energy conservation efforts, provide predictive analytics for machine and manufacturing processes, and help pharma companies reach ISO 50001 targets.
Software
How Industrial IoT Can Build Next-Gen Automation Systems
A look at how IoT technologies are addressing automation system demands, including the need for real-time communications; cybersecurity compliance; and use of Time-Sensitive Networking, OPC UA, and MQTT.
Control
Why OPC UA Over TSN Will Prove Critical to Manufacturing IIoT
Industrial system interoperability is on the way through a combination of the determinism supplied by Time-Sensitive Networking and OPC UA’s machine-to-machine communications to better synchronize machinery on the plant floor and the device-level communication inside those machines, regardless of supplier.
IIoT
Why Start Your Digital Transformation Now (Part One)?
Because end-to-end business integration is fast becoming table stakes in the race for competitive advantage.
Networks
Nokia Employs 5G In Its Own Factory
To prove the capabilities of its private wireless 4.9G & 5G networks, edge/cloud, and analytics technologies, Nokia put them into play in its Oulu, Finland, base station pre-production facility.
IIoT
Understanding IoT Cybersecurity Risks
Deloitte and Dragos share the top threats to organizations and the need for a secure-by-design approach to the Internet of Things.
IIoT
The Intersection of IoT and Sustainability
Georgia Tech hosts an event connecting the dots between the corporate and societal digital transformations.
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ABB Supports Digital Kazakhstan With Oil Refinery Modernization
As part of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s five-year plan to elevate its economic sectors with digital technologies, starting with industry, ABB has won a multi-million-dollar project to modernize the Shymkent oil refinery.
Data
Data Collection and Reporting the Cheap and Easy Way
Most data collection and reporting software requires a lot of upfront capital to get started with. But there are ways smaller companies and manufacturers can get access to all the same tools without the high cost.
Control
Emerson Brings Cloud-Based SCADA Into Its Field
With its acquisition of Zedi’s software and automation businesses, Emerson is getting hold of the cloud-based monitoring, control, and optimization needed to help oil and gas producers make sense of the data being gathered through all the sensors out in the field.
Software
Siemens Opcenter Unifies Its Operations Software
Siemens Opcenter is cloud-ready software designed to integrate the company’s manufacturing operations management software packages into a single product.
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