What is Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt), and why is it important for industrial IoT?
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe Lean Six Sigma doctrine proposes a set of data-oriented management techniques to eliminate defects and raise quality in process-driven environments. It has become standard in manufacturing. In essence, it …
How Intel is using IIoT edge computing to reduce factory downtime by 300%
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSemiconductor maker Intel has applied predictive maintenance to monitor the health of its fan filter units (FFUs) in its semiconductor production facilities through deployment of industrial IoT (IIoT) sensors and edge …
Finnish operator Elisa looks for rise from industrial AI, IoT and 5G
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailFinnish network operator Elisa is combining its efforts in artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and 5G technologies to stimulate operational excellence in the enterprise market, and drive …
France puts industrial transformation at the heart of ambitious 5G roadmap
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe industrial internet-of-things (IoT) is at the heart of France’s new 5G roadmap, unveiled late yesterday by the French electronic communications and postal regulatory authority (Arcep). The new plan, presented …
Siemens establishes new MindSphere manufacturer alliance in Europe
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSiemens has founded an industrial IoT (IIoT) group of manufacturing and technology companies in Italy to expand the international reach of its MindSphere platform. The new MindSphere World Italy set-up …
GE to integrate Predix with Azure, co-develop IIoT solutions with Microsoft
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailGE Digital will integrate its Predix portfolio with Microsoft Azure’s cloud capabilities, and standardise its Predix solutions on Microsoft Azure, it has announced. GE and Microsoft said they will also …
Speaking the language: the collision of OT and IT
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailOperational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) have been living in two different worlds for a very long time. Historically, they have looked at things very differently. With the emergence …
G20 countries ranked on progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe latest index of countries’ progress against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) makes for grim reading. No country is on track to achieve the targets, set out by the …
The IIoT interview (pt3) “We’re selling innovations, not solutions,” says Hitachi
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailIn the final instalment in our industrial IoT trilogy with Hitachi, Greg Kinsey, in charge of the company’s digital transformation business, says innovation is not available to pre-order and take-away, …
Siemens in major IIoT pact with Alibaba to serve China’s industrial transformation
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSiemens and Alibaba have struck a deal to “foster” new growth in the industrial ‘internet of things’ (IIoT) market in China, the pair have announced. The deal will see Siemens’ …
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