Research Reveals Real Company Benefits From Internet of Things
I received report recently from Altizon (www.altizon.com). It is an interesting look at some Industrial Internet of Things implementations. The distribution of projects was (out of 62 companies...
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Augmented Reality and Internet of Things Meet In Hannover
Let’s talk augmented reality and Internet of Things (IoT) today. The first day of Hannover Fair began with much buzz about the Dell / Linux Foundation announcement (see yesterday’s post) about the...
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Internet of Things Platform Architecture
If enthusiasm means anything there will shortly be what could be described as an Internet of Things operating system. I reported Monday about a press release I received from the Linux Foundation about...
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Microsoft Makes Huge Investment In OPC Open Source Code
OPC UA was everywhere in the Digital Factory and automation areas of Hannover Fair 2017. Not only was the expanded OPC Foundation stand busy, an “OPC Wall” at the Microsoft stand was constantly...
View ArticleInternet of Things At Dell EMC World
Enterprise begins to meet operations from the enterprise side of technology at Dell World—now Dell EMC World following the mammoth acquisition of EMC by Dell last year–via the Internet of Things. That...
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Let’s Tour Dell EMS IoT Booth At Its User Conference
Dell EMS Internet of Things (IoT) group assembled a mini supply chain as its booth at the user conference Dell EMS World in Las Vegas in May. At the October Dell EMS World in Austin, these were put...
View ArticleFinancing Digitalization Project Aids Customer Adoption
Siemens holds its Automation Summit this week in Boca Raton, FL, and it kicked off its media program with a round table discussion with the Financing group. Siemens Financial Services exists as a sales...
View ArticleWhen Cybersecurity meets Safety–Podcast Conversation with Rockwell Automation
Cybersecurity and safety in an industrial environment complement each other. People may think that these are separate disciplines, but such is definitely not the case. That is the message we explore...
View ArticleNew Factory Jobs Coming To America–Maybe
We keep touting manufacturing jobs in America. An electronics assembly company has announced another plant in the US. When a process automation company lands a contract with a customer, it sends a...
View ArticleI’ve Seen Productivity From Both Sides Now
Maybe We have been thinking about productivity all wrong I’ve been on a mini vacation and soccer season is heating up—early. I foresee a very busy eight weeks ahead. My focus has been manufacturing...
View ArticleNext Generation Workforce: Concern or Opportunity
How much should we worry about the next generation manufacturing workforce? An email came through late last week from an organization that I’d heard of but never had any dealings with—Junior...
View ArticleCanvass Analytics, OSIsoft to Deliver Predictive Insights
Whether it is the Industrial Internet of Things or Industry 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing no benefits are garnered at the end without a superb analytics engine. Recently I talked with Humera Malik, CEO of...
View ArticleNew Podcast – What Is The Internet of Things
A new Gary on Manufacturing Podcast has been unleashed to the wilds. Talking about the Internet of Things and perhaps some of the misunderstandings that keep making the rounds. The Internet of Things...
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Emerson Launches IIoT-Enabled Controller Taking Aim At PLCs
Just when I thought I’d never write about Controllers, here comes a very interesting announcement from Emerson Automation Solutions [note new name]. Taking direct aim at its competitors who have moved...
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Interactive Plant Environment Immersive Training Facility
Part of the media / analyst program at Emerson Global User Exchange 2017 was a tour of a manufacturing facility and state-of-the-art (or beyond) training center. The Shakopee, MN facility includes...
View ArticleFor National Manufacturing Day A Story Of Lean Manufacturing Success
Companies are adopting Lean manufacturing with increasing frequency. And that is a good thing. A Lean culture is people-friendly, not to mention profit friendly. And thus the story of a GE Brilliant...
View ArticleSchneider Electric Software Boosts Asset Performance, New Pricing Model, and...
Schneider Electric Software boosts Asset Performance, pricing model, and cloud offering. They called it a Schneider Electric Software Innovation Summit in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago. But as we...
View ArticleAre We At The End of Consumption-based IIoT Pricing
Interesting that just as I was planning my trip to San Francisco to attend GE Digital’s Minds + Machines conference a publicist representing Simon-Kucher, a German-based pricing model consultancy,...
View ArticleDell Places $1 Billion Bet on Internet of Things
While at the Dell IQT kick off event in New York last month, I learned more about the breadth of Dell’s thinking about the Internet of Things. It began with morphing embedded computer as a gateway...
View ArticleBrace Yourself—Here Comes Another IoT Platform
IoT Platforms are all the rage. All God’s children need a platform, it seems. Most larger companies have a platform. Oh, and all promise it’s “open” to everyone’s connections. Then there is open...
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