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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Control Engineering asked these questions and others about smart manufacturing and digital transformation to Jeff Winter, senior director industry strategy, manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions, and an industry expert on Industry 4.0 initiatives. Understand Industry 4.0

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Digital manufacturing, smart manufacturing, enable sustainability efforts

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives ZF Group, an automotive manufacturer, provides motion controls for automotive, industrial, wind power. Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation. Smart factory prerequisites are required prior to implementation. Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation.

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Polytron Awarded 2024 System Integrator of the Year

Polytron

Richard Phillips, director of smart manufacturing, Ron Rich, CEO, Rande Allen, VP, sales, Damien Stahl, VP operations. Polytron shares some thoughts on trends seen in current and future manufacturing. The technologies optimize inventory, enhance demand forecasting and improve overall supply chain resilience. “It

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Leveraging food and beverage manufacturing with Industry 4.0

AU Manufacturing

Article by John Broadbent , Industry 4.0 It is the convergence of very specific technologies that have been implemented in manufacturing over the years. This means that they can see the supply chain history of any products and understand the impacts along the chain. . The term ‘Industry 4.0’ Where Industry 3.0

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2023 Manufacturing Outlook

ATS

Share The manufacturing outlook for 2023 is best described as cautiously optimistic. That component of the manufacturing industry outlook is derived from several underlying — and in some cases, ongoing — industry and macroeconomic factors that may threaten sustained growth in the near term. So, why “cautiously”?

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Applications of Machine Learning in Manufacturing

ATS

is increasingly commonplace in manufacturing, with one subset in particular gaining a strong foothold: machine learning. As manufacturers look for more innovative ways to increase stability, resiliency, responsiveness and, as always, efficiency and profit margins, machine learning and manufacturing are proving to be a natural fit.

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Automation, IT convergence, standards at ARC Industry Forum

Control Engineering

6-9, featuring discussions about digitalization helps optimize operations, helps with energy efficiency, workforce shortages, supply chain, climate change and cybersecurity. 6-9, featuring discussions about digitalization helps optimize operations, helps with energy efficiency, workforce shortages, supply chain and climate change.