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Epicor acquires manufacturing execution system provider eFlex Systems

Manufacturer's Monthly

Epicor, a global leader of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, has announced it has acquired eFlex Systems , a provider of cloud-based manufacturing execution system (MES) technologies. I am thrilled to bring eFlex Systems into the Epicor family!

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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco Manufacturing

The Internet is littered with articles about Industry 4.0. Adoption of digital industrial processes have accelerated since the German government led this initiative to maintain national industrial prowess. For example, with digital twins and modular flexible systems. One of the main features of Industry 4.0

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Controllers through the ages

Control Engineering

The onward progression of PLC technology has proceeded alongside developments in related industrial automation solutions – in particular, robotics, motion control and vision systems. Many process operators and manufacturing companies now integrate their PLCs through OPC UA to ERP, PAT and manufacturing execution systems (MES).

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Control Engineering November 2022 online table of contents

Control Engineering

Manufacturers can change how they operate and make better decisions with automation and controls, but it requires a different mindset and approach. Digital trends are transforming industrial landscape. The shift from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 See six growth opportunities for manufacturers. Innovations.

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AI in manufacturing: Where it’s been and where it’s going

Control Engineering

Manufacturing AI insights The integration of AI into discrete manufacturing aligns with the concept of Industry 4.0, which is characterized by advancements in technologies like the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and robotics.

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Control Engineering hot topics, March 2023

Control Engineering

Improving asset, materials management with ERP system A materials science company contracted a system integrator to help them develop and implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) system as well as a manufacturing execution system (MES) that could work together and improve operations. See video.

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

Control Engineering

Northbound integration: Modern SCADA systems are vast repositories of data and layered analytics. SCADA solutions are now equipped with modules that can package data into contextualized transactions, as appropriate for the information systems these are feeding. smart manufacturing and digital transformation.