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Realizing Industry 4.0

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

As such, the world of manufacturing is betting on new technologies and data analytics to obtain “maximum optimization”; and these things neatly fall under the business strategy known as Industry 4.0. Continuous improvement in manufacturing varies in all companies depending on their: Investments in process optimization.

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Industrial Maintenance Audits: Maximize Asset Reliability

ATS

In maintenance, auditing the processes used and results achieved will help with meeting goals for asset reliability, asset life extension and cost control. An external audit is performed by people from outside of the business, as is done with Quality Management Systems. The focus of an audit depends on the goals.

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Sustainability: the challenge of Industry 4.0

Nexus Integra

To this end, the focus is on climate change, pollution and care for the environment, making responsible use of natural resources. In the following, we will discuss how an industrial business can be developed without sacrificing environmental care. If we start from the premise that Industry 4.0 and sustainable development.

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Benefits of Remote Monitoring in Manufacturing

ATS

Remote” in this context refers to the person acquiring or using data from a machine not being physically present at the machine. Sensors have become smaller and faster and have gained the ability to process, send and, in some cases, receive data. What is industrial remote monitoring?

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Business Succession Planning: Contemplating Selling Your Business, What Happens Now?

Fabricating & Metal Work

You built a successful metalworking manufacturing business, worked long and hard, and now it is time to pass the reigns to a new owner and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Perhaps you intend to use the sale proceeds to invest in a new business venture? Have you had the business appropriately valued for sale?

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Machine Uptime and Availability for Manufacturing

ATS

Availability forms part of the OEE calculation used to measure how well assets are being utilized. A formula for availability is: Availability (%) = [(Uptime/(Planned Production Time)] x 100 (Note that “uptime” is synonymous with “run time” or “machine running time,” which some people prefer to use.)

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Work Order Maintenance Forms

ATS

This blog explains how work order forms for maintenance drive the system that cares for plant assets. It delves into what goes into the forms, how they are used, their relationship to the CMMS and the benefits of such a system. The work order is used to initiate and schedule maintenance work.

Form 52