Connecting People, Data and Things
Last year, companies grappled with the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting economic uncertainties. To react to changing customer demands and keep...
Data and Analytics – Fuel and Engine in Smart Manufacturing
Raw Material Data
There have been several headlines like data is the new oil, data is the oil of the 21st century, the world‘s most...
Manufacturing in the Time of COVID-19
Lessons learned from the medical device manufacturing industry
As I write this, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on the world. Terminology...
How/What Technologies are helping Manufacturing During and Post COVID-19
Since January 2020, when WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic as a world health emergency, all countries faced many challenges in different levels. Economically, the...
AI for Industry 4.0 – Cloud vs Edge
Industry 4.0 is about data driven manufacturing automation and is usually associated with the Internet of things and cloud computing in order to create...
Reality Bites – Knowledge Management & Continuous Lifecycle Management of Highly Customized Systems
The Challenge
The efficient use of knowledge is increasingly becoming a competitive advantage. Know-how in a company is often widely scattered and very often does...
The Benefits of Adding Automation to Your Manufacturing Processes
Automation is a hot topic in the manufacturing world. Discussions range from the incredible benefits of automating your production processes, such as increased production...
UNITED NATIONS OF AUTOMATISIERUNG
The OPC Foundation will continue to expand its role as the “United Nations of Automation” - the foundation where different organizations work together to...
Laying the foundations for manufacturing technology in a post-COVID world
According to a recent survey by the United States’ National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), by mid-March this year 78% of manufacturers were expecting the...
Industry 4.0 Surfing the Coronavirus Digitalization Transformation Wave
During my keynote lecture in front of close to 2’000 people about “How 5G reframes Industrial Manufacturing” at the 16th Manufacturing International Forum in...