It may surprise you to learn we’re in the fourth industrial revolution. The first is the one we hear most about as it was the shift that countries made from simple farm lands to actual industrial production of products. The world began to thrive and evolve. But the evolution process didn’t stop there. It actually …
Month: October 2018
Last week I introduced everyone to our 8 part series on Intelligent Manufacturing and as promised here is the 1st article in that series. As with everything it is always good to start at the beginning and with that in mind we discuss the Plug & Play Factory. It may seem that advances in new …
In every industry today, organizations succeed by focusing on what they do best and leaving the rest to their partners, agencies or outsourced vendors. Contract manufacturing, while it can be difficult from a supply chain perspective, seems to fit neatly into this scenario. In addition to allowing global organizations to focus more on their core …
Efficiency is key to any manufacturing plant, and for that reason, the Internet of Things and manufacturing are a perfect fit. Today, we’re looking at a world that will be filled with almost 30 billion connected ‘things’ (devices and sensors) within the next five years. To understand why this is such big news for manufacturing, …
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