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7 ways SCADA software can advance IIoT implementations, if you do it right

Control Engineering

Information models: One of the biggest industrial changes in progress is the drive toward Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing and digital transformation. SCADA systems also are improving to leverage 3D models from computer-aided design (CAD) software offerings to animate these with real-world information.

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How digital twins speed up the manufacturing process

Control Engineering

Computer-aided design (CAD) has completely transformed the manufacturing process. In fact, CAD and computer numerical control ( CNC) are two technologies responsible for a revolution in most of the manufactured goods we have seen in recent years.