Industrial grade 5G: Hype or reality for operators and manufacturers? (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe possibilities are endless. That is what some vendors say about 5G, as they urge operators to partner with manufacturers to transform the technology into a lucrative revenue stream. Their …
Industry 4.0 Q&A: “Manufacturers already tried LTE and it failed miserably,” says KPMG
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHow will incoming cellular technologies transform manufacturing, and spur its drive for smarter production? That is the question Enterprise IoT Insights put to both sides of the industrial divide in …
Industrial LTE and 5G network management: Whose line is it anyway?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAntje Williams, Executive Programme Manager for 5G, Deutsche Telekom – “We have a huge divide at the moment in the industry, in the country, [about] how operators can serve industries …
ZTE inks smart manufacturing deal in China
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChinese vendor ZTE has signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with compatriot heavy equipment manufacturing company Sany to promote the integration of 5G and industry while accelerating the digital transformation …
Hitachi enters robotic SI business in North America
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Japanese giant Hitachi entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a robotics business operated by American firm JR Automation Technologies. The acquisition price for JR Automation is US$ 1.42 …
Digital transformation investments focused on process automation, Accenture says
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFuture 5G investments will focus on creating service revenues HANNOVER, Germany–Despite major marketing efforts coming out of the telecoms sector, industrial manufacturers today aren’t focused on “leveraging 5G within the …
Infineon unveils new TPM module as “answer to digital factory security”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailInfineon Technologies has released a new ‘trusted platform module’ (TPM) to protect data in industrial PCs, servers, industrial controllers, and edge gateways. Its new OPTIGA TPM SLM 9670 controls access …
1.8k suppliers, 31m parts, 10k vehicles – How BMW is making sense of its supply chain
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailBMW Group has a global roster of about 1,800 suppliers, scattered at 4,000 points across the globe. Together, they deliver 31 million parts to 30 BMW production sites, worldwide, every …
Report: AI and IoT at the edge – when to move intelligence closer to the action
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor industry, many critical applications cannot wait for artificial intelligence (AI) in the cloud. Instead, they demand insights and decisions at the edge — closer to the source, where the …
State of things | Smart manufacturing (part 4): Buying digital change
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThis article is the fourth instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The …
