Automation World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The capabilities of Inductive Automation's Ignition software platform showcase a good example of how manufacturers can create an enterprise architecture for optimizing production processes, improving decision-making and achieving digital transformation goals.

Manufacturing 243

Manufacturing Automation 243

Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

With Rockwell Automation’s Emulate3D digital twin software, users can identify potential control issues preemptively, saving valuable time and resources during implementation. ” Rockwell Automation is dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation. The Milwaukee, Wis.-based

Automation 119

Automation Artificial Intelligence Bottleneck Beverage 119

Gary Mintchell

APRIL 22, 2025

Transformers enable bi-directional read/write between robots and all types of factory equipment for many-to-many interoperability. Robotic Processing of Multiple PartsCoordinated robotic production of numerous different part types or SKUs within a part family while managing multi-step processes.

Robotics 130

Robotics Robotics Automation Process control 130

Gary Mintchell

MAY 1, 2025

Last night I thought on this news and several other items Ive received over the past year, and I arrived at a questionwhat do all these companies mean by digital transformation (aka DX). The purchase process is expected to be completed by early May 2025. The purchase process is expected to be completed by early May 2025.

Bill of Materials 130

Bill of Materials Assembly Line Automation Manufacturing 130

iBASEt

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Each member brings insights from their department, helping to shape data-driven MBE processes to benefit the entire organization, from design to production. Design Engineering – Builds foundational models that integrate with manufacturing, inspection, and sustainment processes. Who is on the MBE Tiger Team?

Compliance 104

Compliance Function Bottleneck Aerospace 104

Design World

JULY 14, 2023

Manufacturing companies and machine builder OEMs have been digitalizing their automation designs for decades.

Automation 244

Automation Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 244

Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These topics have been subjects of thoughts all this yeardata, supply chain, digital transformation, predictive maintenance, skilled labor. 2025 will bring new changes and challenges to the manufacturing industry, with a continued push toward digital transformation centered around data-driven decision-making and predictive maintenance.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence Automation Manufacturing 130

Automation World

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

manufacturers must assess their current state of digital maturity and put in place a long-term digital-transformation strategy that aligns overall strategy with people, process and technology. To smoothly transition into Industry 4.0,

Industry 4.0 214

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Manufacturing 214

Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Over 100 companies, including Schaeffler and thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering, are currently using the Siemens Industrial Copilot to streamline processes, address labor shortages, and drive innovation. Acquiring Altair marks a significant milestone for Siemens.

Logistics 130

Logistics Automation Artificial Intelligence Warehousing 130

Automation World

APRIL 10, 2025

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 for predictive maintenance, process optimization and energy monitoring with help from AI.

Manufacturing 182

Manufacturing 182

Dinesh Mishra

MAY 23, 2025

ABB India and Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), a Maharatna central public sector company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to digitally optimize ironmaking and steelmaking processes at the Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha state, India. At ABB, we call this Engineered to Outrun.

Automation 52

Automation Smart manufacturing Manufacturing Industry 4.0 52

Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 4, 2025

To ensure manufacturers avoid wasted investment, BDO Digital Advisory Services target digitisation across five areas. Image: Gorodenkoff/stock.adobe.com One of BDO Australias, key advisory offerings, BDO Digital, is designed to help businesses navigate the complexities of digital transformation and unlock revenue opportunities.

Pharmaceutical 73

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Prototype  Manufacturing 73

Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Unlock new growth opportunities in the industrial B2B sector by embracing business transformation. This blog explores why experimentation, digital commitment, and customer-centric investments are non-negotiable for distributors seeking long-term success. This is the ninth year McKinsey has published the report.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing 98

Robotics Business Review

APRIL 4, 2025

Physical AI and humanoid robots will transform our business landscape to the next level. Through our collaboration, we will expedite the process to achieve leadership in the robotics industry. In 2024, GXO officially deployed a small fleet of Digit humanoids from Agility Robotics at a Spanx facility in Georgia.

Robotics 143

Robotics Robotics Automotive Logistics 143

iBASEt

DECEMBER 17, 2024

1 As digital transformation accelerates, manufacturers must decide whether to adopt a purpose-built Manufacturing Execution System (MES) tailored to their needs or rely on generalized solutions designed for broader use or point solutions that come up short. An MES designed for A&D helps manage these workflows seamlessly.

Aerospace 94

Aerospace Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Compliance Manufacturing 94

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The industrial landscape is rapidly transforming, with an ecosystem of digital industry accelerators (DIAs) emerging in response to increasing demands for digital transformation in manufacturing. Innovative Startups: Startups are injecting fresh ideas and technologies into the digital accelerator ecosystem.

Artificial Intelligence 59

Artificial Intelligence Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Smart manufacturing 59

Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 19, 2025

Image: Swinburne University A new Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Research Hub in Future Digital Manufacturing (Digital Manufacturing Hub) has been launched at Swinburne University of Technology.

Digital manufacturing 57

Digital manufacturing Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Advanced manufacturing 57

Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 7, 2025

Image: Gorodenkoff/stock.adobe.com Digital transformation has become a strategic investment for manufacturers across Australia and New Zealand recently. Recently, theyve rebranded as full-service Transformation Partners, focusing on the power and the promise digital transformations have to disrupt how and why businesses succeed.

Function 70

Function Automation Manufacturing 70

Robotics Business Review

MAY 13, 2025

“Through our Accelerated Digitalization agenda, we are committed to maximizing the impact of robotics and automation across all our operations and business units,” said Sally Miller, global CIO of DHL Supply Chain. ” DHL said more than 90% of its warehouses worldwide use at least one form of automation or digitalization.

Robotics 117

Robotics Robotics Logistics Supply Chain 117

Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Image: Pixel-Shot/stock.adobe.com CSIRO is calling for expressions of interest for Innovate to Grow: Queensland , a free eight-week research and development (R&D) training program, aimed at helping Queensland small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) transform innovative ideas into research-ready projects.

Manufacturing 97

Manufacturing 97

Picomto

MAY 16, 2025

Is your company ready for the digital revolution? The digitalization of industrial processes is radically transforming the manufacturing landscape. But how can you adapt to this inevitable transformation? Indeed, digitalization [.]

Industry 4.0 52

Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Manufacturing 52

Robotics Business Review

MARCH 26, 2025

This means the robots not only understand each machines capabilities, operating characteristics, and part processing status; the robots can [also] direct the machines to execute work and know how to correct problems if they occur. Flexxbotics said it provides interoperable communication between the robots and other production equipment.

Robotics 76

Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Process control 76

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

For indoor use in industries like food and beverage and processing, standard metal enclosures are commonly used. When it comes to stainless steel enclosures, which are particularly beneficial in food-processing and washdown environments, these traditionally required opening the box and manually wiping the seals to ensure cleanliness.

Beverage 98

Beverage Manufacturing Form Function 98

i4.0 today

MAY 22, 2025

Nexthink, the leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management, today announces research showing that, as businesses grapple with falling employee productivity and staff overwhelmed by the growing complexity of the digital workplace, IT leaders believe merging departments could help turn the tide.

Function 52

Function Automation Aerospace Automotive 52

Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 1, 2023

I’m interested partly because I wonder how much talk about digital transformation is simply marketing hype and how much refers to real work. Overall, nearly three-quarters (73%) of manufacturers have begun the digital transformation process, with 40% reporting significant progress or completion.

Manufacturing 162

Manufacturing Warehousing Sourcing Supply Chain 162

i4.0 today

MAY 13, 2025

The University of Salford has joined forces with Manchester Metropolitan University to equip more SME manufacturers with the strategies and skills needed to thrive in the digital age. Now, with additional funding secured, the programme aims to expand its delivery to another 40 companies across two cohorts over the coming year.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Robotics Robotics Supply Chain 52

Cisco Industrial Automation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Manufacturers are meeting these challenges by adopting a digital first model and many plan on accelerating their technology transformation to power real time visibility and execution. Could there be a link between IT-OT infrastructure and manufacturing visibility and resiliency?

Bottleneck 270

Bottleneck Value chain Supply Chain Sourcing 270

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Image: kerkezz/stock.adobe.com ECI Solutions’ M1 ERP transforms supply chain management by fostering collaboration, streamlining operations, improving efficiency, and unlocking cost savings. By embracing a “partners-in-success” approach, you align your interests with your suppliers, transforming them from vendors into collaborative allies.

Supply Chain 98

Supply Chain Manufacturing Logistics Discrete manufacturing 98

Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

They also include new world-model development tools for video data curation and processing, including the NVIDIA Cosmos tokenizer and NVIDIA NeMo Curator for video processing. NeMo Curator streamlines data curation with automatic pipeline orchestration, reducing video processing time. is available now on GitHub.

Robotics 111

Robotics Robotics Sourcing Artificial Intelligence 111

Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2025

Imagine a large language model, but instead of processing text, it processes its surroundings,” said Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA. The Cosmos World Foundation Models (WFM) platform supports processing visual and physical data at scale, with frameworks designed for autonomous vehicle and robotics applications.

Robotics 122

Robotics Robotics Artificial Intelligence Sourcing 122

Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This workshop at Texas A&M Harnessing Digital Transformation Through Asset Data and Systems Interoperability is next week. Overcoming barriers in maximizing the digital potential for growth. I’ve only just heard about it. Data and systems interoperability is something I’ve worked on for years.

Manufacturing 147

Manufacturing 147

Automation Mag

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Event details Date: March 5, 2025 Location: Online Join us for this dynamic digital event, where we’ll gather manufacturing leaders and changemakers to share insights, inspire action and explore the transformative potential of inclusion and innovation in our industry.

Manufacturing 75

Manufacturing Automation 75

Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The digitalisation of manufacturing processes has blurred the lines between IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operational Technology), making it easier for threats to proliferate from enterprise IT into OT environments. Manufacturing environments are increasingly becoming targets for cyber adversaries.

Cargo 95

Cargo Process control Manufacturing Additive manufacturing 95

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of pharmaceutical manufacturing, modular and automated platforms are spearheading a transformative shift, particularly in the realm of non-biologics. Process Streamlining: Improving operational efficiency and minimizing human intervention through advanced digital solutions.

Pharmaceutical 52

Pharmaceutical Automation Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing 52

Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 2, 2023

My mission involves going beyond the hype of the marketing term digital transformation into the reality of implementation. BIC’s primary business drivers for digitalization and transformation are the standardization of production processes and integration across machines, people, and business layers.

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) 147

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Smart manufacturing Automation Function 147

Dinesh Mishra

MAY 5, 2025

In the past, it struggled with slow processes, delays, and scattered operations. Now, it’s moving towards a future powered by instant data smooth connections, and clear digital systems. The Indian government’s focus on digital tools is driving this change. ULIP serves as a digital doorway.

Logistics 91

Logistics Supply Chain Freight Electronics 91

Automation World

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The success of a manufacturer’s digital transformation relies on a comprehensive approach that integrates technology, data and people. By prioritizing these elements, manufacturers can establish a resilient manufacturing operation that ensures operational continuity throughout the change process.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing 130