
Make manufacturing truly smart by scaling OEE
To get a high-level understanding of the importance Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in realizing return on smart manufacturing investments, check out this companion article. So how do you make that …

Understanding the importance of OEE in smart manufacturing
Overall Equipment Effectiveness is a key gauge of smart manufacturing ROI Technology investments are made to solve specific business problems. In our technology-enabled world, enterprises of all sorts are allocating …

Understanding the relationship between a digital twin and a digital thread
Digital twin and digital twin drive process improvement within and beyond a factory Digital transformation is a broad term that means many things to many people. But, at its core, …

Research firm sees 10x increase in digital twin investment by 2025
Digital twin growth led by automotive, energy and manufacturing sectors At a high level, the goal of investing in the internet of things is to capture and analyze data from …

Ford embracing 5G for real-time machine control, remote support
Vodafone Business deploying Ford’s private 5G network with U.K. government backing As part of a U.K. government 5G investment program aimed at fostering digital transformation of industries, Vodafone Business announced …

Toyota taps Nokia for 5G-upgradable private network
Toyota exploring 5G for “digital engineering” of manufacturing processes Nokia’s latest private network win comes from Japanese automaker Toyota which selected the vendor to deploy a 5G-upgradable private network at …

The battle for the edge: How the edge is answering the shopping and entertainment digital disruption
The battle for the edge is now. With its ability to connect to any device, anywhere, the edge is driving industries to move to datacenter-less environment delivering real time outcome-based, …

How 5G and edge GPUs will unleash AI in the IoT platform (Reader Forum)
The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and …

Planes, ports and trains: 3 Nokia private network projects
Mission critical communications and broad IoT support among private network applicaitons For several years now, Nokia has been touting 5G as the enabler of Industry 4.0 efforts to digitize industries …
Nokia reaping benefits of its own smart factory technologies
Connected Nokia factory in Oulu sees 30% productivity gain Nokia has been bullish on using LTE and 5G to power private networks for industrial verticals like mining, shipping and manufacturing. …