BROWSING: Smart Factory

Leveraging Industry 4.0 for a zero failure strategy Bosch Rexroth manufactures products and systems associated with the control and motion of industrial and mobile equipment. The company’s facility at Homburg, in the Saarland region of Germany, manufactures hydraulic valves for mobile machinery, such as tractors...

IoT solutions director highlights role of edge computing One day after Dell said it would launch a new IoT division headed by former VMWare CTO Ray O'Farrell, the company's IoT solutions director Kevin Terwilliger shared details about Dell's IoT business. Speaking at the IoT6 Exchange...

Based on Verizon's annual "State of the Market: Internet of Things 2017" report, the manufacturing sector is leading the way in adoption of internet of things technologies with an 84% increase in number of year-over-year network connections. As digital transformation, based on IoT adoption,...

End-to-end IoT offering targets use cases, including supply chain, smart inventory management and predictive maintenance Orange Business Services and Microsoft announced they are collaborating to deliver end-to-end internet of things solutions to boost the digital processes of companies in the manufacturing sector. Through this collaboration, enterprises...

Rolls-Royce, together with Singapore agencies and companies, will invest $44 million in the initiative Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), British power systems technology company Rolls-Royce, and Singapore Aero Engine Services Private Limited (SAESL), announced they will invest up to $44 million to...

Tomorrow's low-latency 5G networks are expected to help carriers win new smart factory business, and Ericsson plans to be a major supplier of radio equipment for these efforts. Anders Svensson, principal solution manager at Ericsson, said the company expects enterprise customers to deploy private...

T-Mobile promises first nationwide NB-IoT network, AT&T adds new platform and customers, Verizon predicts B2B growth SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. wireless carriers focused on the internet of things during the first part of Mobile World Congress Americas, the inaugural event produced by GSMA in partnership...

Ionics EMS, a precision manufacturer of components for computers and internet of things devices, said it has chosen Panasonic's smart factory solution to boost productivity. Panasonic says it has implemented an integrated line management system to connect a diverse range of machinery and enable real-time...

Florida-based design and manufacturing solution provider Jabil has been implementing solutions from Microsoft to create digital and predictive factories which use machine learning, predictive analytics and the cloud to learn ahead of time when a piece of equipment might fail. “For the first time we...

Nestlé works with B&R to connect legacy production systems into a smart factory According to recent projections from research firm Netscribes Inc., the global market for smart factory solutions will hit an annual value of $74.8 billion by 2020, which reflects a 10.4% compounds annual...

Factory owners who invest in automation can break even in less than six months and see a 210% return within the first year, according to Ericsson. The company backs up this marketing claim with real world experience from one of its own factories. A...

The two companies are developing an IoT platform to enable smart manufacturing processes Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronics, vehicles, semiconductors and transportation solutions among many other products, is working with Oracle to digitally transform its operations. The two companies have developed...

The agreement with MESA will focus on interoperability, portability and security for the industrial internet The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), a global organization seeking to accelerate the industrial internet of things (IIoT), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association...

The vision is for smart manufacturing applications to be supported by a dedicated 5G network slice 5G is about a lot more than simply higher mobile data rates. The ultra high capacity and ultra low latency of 5G could support a wide range of valuable...

Smart manufacturing is a process that utilizes internet-connected machinery to monitor the overall production process. The main goal of smart manufacturing is to identify opportunities for automating manufacturing operations and use data analytics to improve the overall performance of the manufacturing process. The smart factory...

Manufacturing execution system ups productivity at GE Aviation plant GE Digital is focused on leveraging the industrial internet of things to drive digital transformation in various industrial sectors including manufacturing. It's latest manufacturing execution systems (MES) software, which covers everything from pairing certified workers with...

Key smart factory technologies include sensors, machine vision, connectivity Based on a recent report from market research firm Mordor Intelligence, the market value of smart factory solutions in North America is set to grow to $96.77 annual value in 2020, which is a more than...

Actionable analytics key to Rockwell Automation's smart manufacturing portfolio Great Lakes Brewing Company worked with Rockwell Automation to connect production machinery and provide workers with the data analysis needed to improve operational efficiencies as part of a digital transformation using industrial internet of things solutions...

In a recent blog post Eric Ehlers, marketing manager for manufacturing and energy at Cisco, noting the numerous opportunities for cyber exploitation faced by manufacturers--legacy equipment with dated or no security protocols, an IT/OT disconnect, guidelines laying out responsibilities and access and "never conducting...

According to new projections from technology-focused market research firm TrendForce, the market for solutions that support smart manufacturing initiatives will see a compound annual growth rate of 12.5% between now and 2020, growing from an annual value of a little more than $2 billion...

Smart manufacturing hinges on turning granular operational visibility into money- and time-saving efficiencies For companies in the business of making any sort of product--whether it's a book, a car, cleaning products or food-packaging materials--efficiency in the production process directly relates to more income. Human error,...

Smart manufacturing is on the rise throughout the U.S. as companies use sensors and software to save time and cut costs. Some states are clear centers of gravity for smart manufacturing, and Tennessee is one of them. This week Chinese industrial giant Haier, which owns...

GE Digital, which specializes in software for industrial internet of things (IIoT) use cases like smart manufacturing, is adding a new service to its digital transformation offerings, this one with a focus on helping customers achieve return on investment more quickly. Dubbed Acceleration Plans,...

Manufacturers are investing in industrial internet of things solutions to drive quality, according to a recent survey which identified wearable technology as a primary target for IoT investment. More than half the manufacturers surveyed by Zebra Technologies as part of it Manufacturing Vision Study said...