Smart factories represent an evolution from traditional manufacturing, transforming automated processes into fully digital, interconnected, and adaptive production ecosystems. Leveraging advanced ...

The world’s largest machine manufacturers have tended to build the largest factories, generally designed to produced long runs of standardised machines. Unfortunately, these factories are not designed ...

The manufacturing industry is undergoing a transformation as it embraces Industry 4.0, and smart factories are at the forefront. Smart factories represent an advanced form of manufacturing where ...

Smart factories are not just the future—they’re the only way forward for midsize manufacturers determined to stay competitive and profitable. As global competition, labor shortages, and rising costs ...

Today’s manufacturing CIOs are responsible for a wide variety of issues on the shop floor, ranging from IoT security to supporting business operations and modernizing the smart factory. A key focus ...

COVID-19 is changing everything in manufacturing. Companies face a long journey to the “next normal,” one that will likely have far-reaching financial and operational implications. Immediate ...

Looking back through the year, smart production can be regarded as a global development trend. Covid-19 outbreak has hit the global manufacturing supply chain. Although the labor shortage has led to ...

Continental, one of the world’s largest producers of components for passenger and commercial vehicles, is under increasing pressure from auto manufacturers to increase operational efficiency and ...

Recently, defect detection systems using artificial intelligence (AI) sensor data have been installed in smart factory manufacturing sites. However, when the manufacturing process changes due to ...

The basics of industrial automation, smart factory, and Industry 4.0. The importance of power and connectivity in smart factories. The outcome of applying the lessons learned. Automation does not a ...

Siemens will establish self-learning, autonomous, flexible manufacturing operations at the new factory, partly managed by AI.

The prevalence of ever-advancing industrial automation technologies and the growing levels of government and private investment initiatives to modernize industry don’t accurately reflect the reality ...