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Comment: Why technological transformation matters in manufacturing

E&T

The nature of the factory floor and supply chains continues to evolve, hailing a new era of efficiency and agility driven by automation, data analytics, and interconnected systems. Innovative technologies have the potential to revolutionise every aspect of the value chain.

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Know Your Würth: CEO AJ Strandquist on How Würth Additive Can Change 3D Printing

Fastener News Desk

Naturally, then, Strandquist views AM through the lens of managing what many would consider the least exciting area of global supply chains. But if manufacturers design with it in mind, they can come up with this hybrid system that takes advantage of all forms of manufacturing.

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A legacy of innovative manufacturing

Manufacturer's Monthly

By purposefully investing $34 million of Commonwealth and other funding in 71 research and development (R&D) projects, IMCRC has helped to catalyse more than $230 million investment in smart manufacturing research and innovation. IMCRC’s beginnings. We lost the last big industry that did this when we lost car production.

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5G’s role in the adoption of enterprise augmented reality

Control Engineering

Are you currently researching, testing, or running PoC on 5G-enabled AR solutions for enterprises in the manufacturing/industrial sector? 61% of the respondents were involved in some form in 5G-enabled AR activities. To smart manufacturing enterprises, the ratio is 1 to every 4.

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Manufacturing in America 2023: Digitalization, automation, sustainability, productivity

Control Engineering

Benefits of digital transformation can include increased energy efficiency and sustainability, process visibility, quality, speed to market, lower costs, easier workflow and supply chain integration, improved safety and other advantages. Digitalization helps manufacturers rethink what they make, how and why. Courtesy: Mark T.