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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

This year’s forum, according to Peter Manos, director of research, ARC Advisory Group, has more than 860 attendees, 200 speakers, 250 companies, and 70 workshops in 4 days. Smart factory elements will incorporate logistics, quality and inspections, factory management, production maintenance and shopfloor management. 27-March 27.

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Digitalization, open automation cuts commissioning time 30%, creates services

Control Engineering

Manufacturing, OEM value reconstruction, service digitization Creating a digital factory has been the inevitable choice of manufacturing enterprises to improve production efficiency, flexibility or reduce energy consumption and costs. A digital intelligent factory, smart manufacturing, helps achieve that.