Digital Transformation

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digital thread tech
Fragmented data across enterprise systems often disrupts product lifecycle management (PLM), preventing companies from receiving the intended benefits. To avoid this problem, it’s critical to understand the 5 common obstacles that can arise as well as the 5 ways to construct effective digital threads.
Dan Malyszko, vice president at Malisko Engineering
How contextualizing plant data and teaching AI to think like seasoned operators can bridge the skills gap and revolutionize decision-making on the shop floor.
Brian R. May, Accenture
The production sites of the future will self-optimize, self-correct and self-learn. Are manufacturers prepared?
G Brooks-Zak, Outlier Automation
Traditional industrial automation has long followed a hardware-first approach, where programming is tightly coupled to specific devices. Software-defined automation (SDA) reverses...
Aveva Operations Center platform
Manufacturers have spent years adding sensors to lay the groundwork for digital transformation and data-driven decision making. Now the focus turns to scaling this connectivity...
Greg Powers, Gray AES
As artificial intelligence revolutionizes manufacturing, adoption of the technology is still hindered by challenges like data quality, legacy infrastructure and workforce adaptation...
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Low-code app development in manufacturing
From productivity and product development to speeding time to market, manufacturers are finding low-code software to be a boost in bringing domain expertise to apps.
Dan Malyszko, Malisko Engineering
It’s not about deploying new technology for technology’s sake, it’s about getting advanced tools into the hands of the people to create smarter operations and transform manufacturing...

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