Industry 4.0

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Identifying digitalisation priorities

(28/10/2024)
Suzanne Gill asks what the priorities should be today for control engineers managing a digital transformation.
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The fundamentals of smart manufacturing

(28/10/2024)
A whitepaper from Advantech – The fundamentals of Smart Manufacturing – sets out its vision for what makes a factory ‘smart’.
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Unlocking digital competitiveness in the OT domain

(16/05/2024)
Marcel Kelder looks at the barriers and benefits of taking a new technology approach to ensure successful and secure OT/IT convergence.


Archive

  1. 13/05/2024 Strategies for implementing plant automation

    Joe Wagner, Field Application Engineer at Red Lion answered some questions about the benefits of plant automation and strategies for implementation.

  2. 11/02/2024 Maximising the value of generative AI

    Jim Chappell argues that is only by combining large language models with real-time industrial data and customised artificial intelligence technologies that it is possible to unlock their true transformative power.

  3. 05/02/2024 When AI starts speaking your language

    Suzanne Gill finds out where AI technology could offer benefits in industrial environments.

  4. 15/12/2023 Striking a balance between automation and human labour

    With the continued advances in automation and AI being painted as the future, many seem to be forgetting that human labour continues to play a vital role across a range of industries, and will do so in years to come, argues Ian Hart.

  5. 11/12/2023 Is your factory smart enough?

    Sean Robinson explains how and why engineers should be working towards making their factory smart.

  6. 24/10/2023 The digital evolution continues

    Have the goals of industrial digitalisation changed? And what might the next be disruption be in the digitalisation journey? Suzanne Gill reports.

  7. 11/09/2023 Industrial data unlocks the promise of digital transformation

    While circumstances impact sectors differently, the most powerful differentiator behind every new opportunity is Artificial Intelligence (AI). It's what drives industrial machines to be more intelligent – producing data, identifying metrics and gaps, and generating actionable insights, says Marcel van Helten.

  8. 10/07/2023 The creation of Things

    Suzanne Gill finds out what it takes to make a field device or a sensor, smart – turning them into the ‘things’ that form such a key element of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

  9. 30/05/2023 Revolutionising water treatment

    Carl Brennand explains how the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is transforming the management of water treatment systems.

  10. 22/05/2023 Best practices for IT and OT convergence

    Andy Webster discusses how the convergence of IT and OT operations can transform industry operations for business success.

  11. 21/02/2023 Taking a dynamic approach to safety

    Darren Hugheston-Roberts argues the importance of taking a dynamic approach to safety in smart manufacturing facilities in order to avoid risk.

  12. 24/10/2022 AI is driving engineering transformations

    Sonali Singh and Sandeep Mohan discuss the role being played by artificial intelligence (AI) driven digitalisation when it comes to transforming the engineering sector.

  13. 10/10/2022 The next steps for digitalisation

    With many industrial organisations now having taken their first digitalisation steps, Suzanne Gill finds out what the next big disruptor might be for the ongoing digital transformation of both the process and the manufacturing sectors.

  14. 22/08/2022 Data as the basis for digitalisation

    There can be no question that data and networking between machines will lead to new business models and services. Jan Kiehne explains how industrial owner/operators of all sizes can participate and why they can gain from digitalisation.

  15. 06/06/2022 On the edge of successful OT and IT convergence

    Jash Bansidhar discusses the role of edge computing in helping ensure the success of OT and IT convergence.

  16. 16/05/2022 A converged world working in harmony

    Suzanne Gill asks how Information technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) convergence is enabling a digital manufacturing transformation and what real-life benefits is it offering control engineers today?

  17. 04/04/2022 Ruggedising the supply chain with IIoT technology

    Eric Wendt discusses how IIoT technology innovations are helping transform the global supply chain.

  18. 21/02/2022 AIoT offers greater transparency and quality improvements

    Suzanne Gill reports on the speed of adoption and the potential benefits of combined Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the industrial sector.

  19. 18/01/2022 Digital transformation returns step-change in efficiency

    To illuminate a process black hole, reduce environmental impact and achieve a 10% boost in Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), the Princes Group has undergone a digital transformation.

  20. 20/12/2021 Hitting the asset management sweet spot

    Exploring the role played by asset management systems as part of British Sugars drive to create four Factories of the Future.