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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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Increasing production with less capital

Control Engineering

Manually-reported overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) was inaccurate and lacked data necessary to determine true utilization. Supply chain integration to gain greater visibility into materials flowing into factory and product leaving the factory. How have you improved manufacturing production?