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Adopting Industry 4.0 means not only interconnecting IT and OT networks to build smart factories; it also means having shared responsibilities between IT administrators and OT engineers. These include accounting for assets such as equipment, underlying platforms, and protocols or services in use; assessing them for their criticality in the overall operations; and applying the […]
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High logistics costs, the lack of skilled labor, employee conflicts, and the complexity of the global supply chain – these and other factors encourage manufacturers to resort to distributed production. Outsourcing a part of the manufacturing operations or building a manufacturing facility closer to a regional sales market may seem a perfect way to lower […]
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IoT, as we know it today, allows us to make our lives easier — but it is not 100% secure. It can be hard to understand why it’s so difficult to come up with a comprehensive cybersecurity standard for IoT. After all, if we can create this technology, we should be able to keep it […]
Read moreThe Industrial Internet Consortium ® (IIC™) today announced the IIoT Maturity Assessment, a web-based tool included in the IIC Resource Hub™ that enables users to better understand their enterprise IIoT maturity. The IIoT Maturity Assessment helps organizations become best-practice adopters of IIoT by guiding business managers through a range of questions about the adoption, usage […]
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Industrial manufacturing organizations are increasingly motivated to seek value through connected systems. Yet few industrial IoT success stories contain enough details for showing others the way. Furthermore, statistics like “27% more efficient” or “19% productivity increase” are rarely meaningful or transferable to other businesses and vertical applications. Fortunately, one enterprise recently sat down to share […]
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How Maintenance Excellence can reduce downtime, overall maintenance costs and worker stress while boosting plant efficiency In recent blog posts I’ve explored how Asset Performance can affect your plant’s economic return. With Asset Reliability as the first step in your action plan, the next thing to consider is Maintenance Excellence. To help explain the concept […]
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This post is the second of a 3-part series. Check back in next week for the conclusion of this series. In the first part of this series – The key role of Augmented Reality in Industry 4.0 for Manufacturing: Part 1 – we looked at the fundamental ideas behind what has been called “Industry 4.0” – […]
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is ushering in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. While the need for digitalization is understood across-the-board, there are still many misconceptions that deter Industrial IoT (IIoT) implementation. Many organizations are postponing their IIoT initiatives or hesitate to move beyond pilots due to complexity and cost concerns. Preparing for the worst isn’t […]
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A study by the American Association for Quality found that businesses shifting to digital processes and Industrial IoT have seen as high as 82% increase in efficiency accompanied with 49% less defects! Production on the shop floor is the most obvious place to start when looking at benefits, but Industrial IoT drives operational efficiency in many other areas including predictive maintenance, […]
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Cities around the world are making huge investments in technology that will help them provide better services, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operate in a way that leverages the power of IoT, artificial intelligence and 5G technologies. Put together, these investments are part of the story in delivering on the vision of “Smart Cities” – […]
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Whether you are an advocate for distributed power generation, renewables, or simply a fan of technology and free power sources, there is no denying that wind power represents an opportunity to enhance power generation while maintaining carbon neutrality. It is no wonder that the number of wind turbine installations is increasing across North America. In […]
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On August 4, 1997, Skynet came online to control the weapons arsenal of the United States with a mandate of “safeguarding the world.” Skynet started to learn at a geometric rate and became self-aware at 2:14am on August 29, 1997. Humans saw the artificial intelligence (AI) as a threat and attempted to shut it down. […]
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