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Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

Control Engineering

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. be changing how stakeholders approach automation, controls and instrumentation? Figure 2: Smart manufacturing enablers and enhancers include technologies and concepts that help manufacturers take advantage of Industry 4.0 initiatives. Understand Industry 4.0

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Building an Effective CPG Supply Chain Using a Cloud-based MES

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Many consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are affected by supply chain shortages and are taking steps to avoid shortages or overproducing items, not in demand. In October 2022, PepsiCo said it plans to automate and digitize more of its supply chain data to ease ingredient shortages and boost efficiency.

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15 pieces of automation advice from ROKLive 2022

Control Engineering

Build an effective cyber resilience strategy : With cyberattacks causing unplanned downtime, contributing to supply chain shortages, and leading to ransomware attacks, manufacturers need to build a cyber-resilience program, according to Brian Deken in the session, “Cybersecurity Peer Exchange: Building an Effective Cyber Resilience Strategy.”

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Taking a different approach to DCS upgrades

Control Engineering

Embracing concepts and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and smart manufacturing can help. In the past, upgrading a distributed control system (DCS) typically involved ripping out the old system and replacing it with a new one from a different vendor, or undergoing a hardware or software upgrade.

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Cloud-based Solutions Accelerate the Transformation of Industrial Operations with Smart Digital Capabilities

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

A SaaS smart manufacturing platform provides software, the latest computing hardware, and a security support team with experts to monitor systems and protect data. Plex is modular and gives manufacturers the flexibility to implement one, many, or all the available manufacturing solutions, providing a simple path to growth.

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Comment: Why technological transformation matters in manufacturing

E&T

The nature of the factory floor and supply chains continues to evolve, hailing a new era of efficiency and agility driven by automation, data analytics, and interconnected systems. Innovative technologies have the potential to revolutionise every aspect of the value chain.

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Manufacturing In the Middle: Growth, Opportunity and New Challenges

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

This group is also seeing substantial growth in both revenue and employment while taking some very innovative and agile approaches to smart manufacturing. The report noted five key insights and areas that manufacturers in the middle market are focusing on, these include: Competition. Supply chain relationships.