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Without a Purpose-Built MES: Aerospace & Defense Manufacturers Risk Contract Loss & Revenue Decline

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Gartner notes, What these manufacturers all have in common, regardless of manufacturing style or end product, is the need to adhere to key design, quality, traceability and compliance requirements.

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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco Manufacturing

The Internet is littered with articles about Industry 4.0. For example, with digital twins and modular flexible systems. is interoperability for mobile cyber-physical systems. Such articles often leave out critical details, such as what is actually needed from the network. 2) Manufacturing logistics. Requirements.

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Improving efficiency through algorithmic production scheduling

Control Engineering

Explore strategies for gaining stakeholder buy-in on MES platform upgrades. Production scheduling insights A Farmer Brothers facility in Northlake, TX adopted a new manufacturing execution system (MES) for the purpose of production schedule optimization. Brandon Brock , senior system architect, Polytron.

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Learn about bridging the gap from edge to cloud MES to make automation more effective

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Understand how manufacturing execution systems (MES) and edge computing can resolve challenges related to integrating automation and other applications. Learn the 4 ways a modern MES makes automation more effective. A modern MES makes automation more effective in four primary ways.

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15 pieces of automation advice from ROKLive 2022

Control Engineering

Build an effective cyber resilience strategy : With cyberattacks causing unplanned downtime, contributing to supply chain shortages, and leading to ransomware attacks, manufacturers need to build a cyber-resilience program, according to Brian Deken in the session, “Cybersecurity Peer Exchange: Building an Effective Cyber Resilience Strategy.”

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Are you prepared for the future of manufacturing?

Control Engineering

The availability of data from various sources, such as sensors, devices and other integrated equipment provides valuable insights into production performance, quality control and supply chain management. Analyzing this data allows plant operators to identify bottlenecks and optimize resource allocation.

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ICS network integration benefits for a connected plant

Control Engineering

How many include safety instrumented systems (SIS), online and offline analyzers, smart instrumentation, asset management suites and edge devices? However, for the controls engineer tasked with building a connected plant, the challenge can be daunting.