HomeJonathan ShafferCorporate Safety Engineer at Optimation TechnologyDataData: An Unrecognized Manufacturing AssetAs data is being produced at an exponential rate, it can be close to impossible for organizations to keep up. Asking the right questions in how to utilize the right data can help your organization grow in the digital environment.ControlIndustrial Control System Migrations: 5 Considerations to Move ForwardTwo factors driving the upgrade or replacement of legacy control systems are increased component failures and lack of replacement parts due to obsolescence. The risk associated with losing control of a process can be significant when equipment fails.Home2020 Leadership in Automation: First Team HonoreesAutomation World’s Leadership in Automation program reflects reader recognition of outstanding suppliers of industrial automation technologies.HomeFood Manufacturers Top Two Improvement PrioritiesOperational improvements that impact food manufacturers the most continue to focus on automation and robotics.DesignSiemens Partners with Arm on Automotive Electronics DesignIn its Pave360 digital twin technology, Siemens is using Arm’s intellectual property to help automakers and suppliers simulate and verify designs before the vehicle is built.SponsoredDiscover the Secrets of a Successful Automation ProjectLearn 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.WorkforceThe Benefit of Baseline Training for AutomationAs teams grow, it’s important to make sure that everyone—from senior employees to new hires—are all on the same page. Providing baseline training can help ease confusion form other departments and ensure everyone has the same starting point.HomeFinancing Gender Equality in ManufacturingPPWLN Keynote speakers address the broken rung and economic empowerment.HomeReport: Innovative New Controls at PACK EXPO Las VegasTen intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.HomeReport: Innovative New Robotics at PACK EXPO Las VegasTen intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.ControlB&R Highlights Progress with Time-Sensitive NetworkingLeveraging the widely accepted OPC UA standard, automation supplier adoption of Time-Sensitive Networking continues to advance, as can be seen in multiple recent announcements from B&R Industrial Automation.FactoryCPGs Need to Adapt to Meet Growing Food DemandPACK EXPO East offers the latest solutions and industry education to help consumer packaged goods companies keep up with industry changes.IIoTIndustrial Internet Consortium and Trusted IoT Alliance Combine MembershipsBy joining memberships, the Trusted IoT Alliance brings a focus on blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies more squarely into the scope of the Industrial Internet Consortium activities.HomeU.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Fell 15% Last November to $320 Million, But There is Still Optimism.According to the latest report from the Association for Manufacturing Technology, the Pending China trade deal and anticipated approval of the revamped NAFTA (USMCA) should see the manufacturing technology market pick up in the second half of 2020.OEEThe Benefits of Bringing in a Partner for Assessment and Project PlanningWhen it comes to operational improvements, tight time constraints can be a problem. A partner who can help get some long-forgotten initiatives off the ground may be the key to hitting your operational goals.HomeCareer Building Opportunities Abound at PACK EXPO EastPACK EXPO East to spotlight multiple industrial workforce issues by showcasing potential careers, hosting an entry-level career fair, and offering classroom training to upskill current workers.OEESight Machine Launches Data-Powered Continuous Improvement for Vertical SegmentsThe Manufacturing Data Platform collects and unifies system-wide production data in real-time, providing key insights and expertise for the chemical, paper & tissue, and packaging industries.IIoTStart Small with Analytics to Build MomentumFiguring out which analytics platform works for you may, at first, seem daunting, developing a strategy and small-scale analytics pilots could what helps you finally make that investment.HomeHow Kellogg Manages Cybersecurity Risks in ManufacturingSeeing the writing on the wall as Mondelēz and other global companies became collateral damage in ransomware attacks, Kellogg set out to create a cybersecurity strategy that would keep it out of the headlines.SoftwareQuality Inspections Drive Machine Vision and Deep Learning ConnectionCognex works with end users in multiple industrial verticals to apply deep learning to its vision systems for final and in-line assembly verification.
