Digital Transformation

Articles

A digital twin of the factory can help integrate new equipment and processes.
A look into the use of simulation-first approaches and collaborative robots to help factories overcome labor shortages while staying profitable during their digital transformation journey.
holy trinity of smart manufacturing
Manufacturing execution systems (MES) have long been the backbone of smart manufacturing by orchestrating production workflows through predefined logic and configurations. But...
Liz Brooks-Zak, Outlier Automation
As technology demands intensify across manufacturing sectors, the industry is experiencing a fundamental shift away from proprietary silos and vendor lock-in toward open, flexible...
Adaptive production is a smart manufacturing approach that uses real-time data, AI and automation to continuously adjust processes.
While flexible manufacturing systems can switch between product types, adaptive production creates intelligent operations to address issues ranging from equipment behavior to ...
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digital data generated by equipment during production
Siemens executives reveal the most significant trends they see driving automation technology decisions today and how those trends are reshaping the approach to everything from...
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High-precision vision inspection for product quality control
AI is no longer an enhancement; it’s a fundamental shift in how manufacturers design, produce and maintain high-quality products. Manufacturers are integrating AI at every stage...
© Gennady Proniaev
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, ...
Jeff Mowry, CIO at Workhorse, at Siemens RealizeLive
While technology hype cycles come and go, Siemens indicates it’s playing the long game with the acquisition of Altair and plans for a specialized AI model trained exclusively ...

Videos

Tim Gaus from Deloitte Explains Industrial AgenticAI
Tim Gaus, smart manufacturing business leader at Deloitte Consulting, explains agentic AI and how it differs from AI data analytics and AI chatbots, how manufacturers can use ...
Software Defined Manufacturing
Discover how software-defined automation systems enable manufacturers to build flexible, future-ready solutions using components from multiple vendors, while eliminating vendor...
digital manufacturing dashboard
How manufacturers use data analytics, AI-powered vision inspection systems, augmented reality, and digital twins for applications ranging from OEE improvements to predictive maintenance...
Industrial Artificial Intelligence Copilots
One of the major areas in which AI is revolutionizing manufacturing can be seen in the rise of industrial co-pilot technologies. Unlike general digital assistants, co-pilots leverage...