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Smart Factories Will Deliver $500B In Value By 2022

08/02/17, 06:46 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Research and Reports, Smart Factory

Louis Columbus for Forbes: Smart factories are revolutionizing manufacturing by enabling a 7X increase in overall productivity by 2022.

Japanese companies form alliance to accelerate smart factories

07/28/17, 05:52 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | japan, Smart Factory

Freddie Roberts for Internet of Business: A group of companies in Japan have formed the Flexible Factory Partner Alliance (FFPA) in order to encourage the use of IoT in factories.

Cermaq near to completing "smart" factory for salmon

07/21/17, 05:47 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | Industry 4.0, Smart Factory

Madelyn Kearns for Seafood Source: "A modern salmon facility takes in the fish, evaluates quality, weight, grading, and during all processes automatically determines which department the fish should go to,"

Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act

07/19/17, 05:30 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | machine vision, Smart Factory

Steven Levy for Wired: Google Glass 2.0 is here, and it's found a home in an unexpected place: Factories.

Accenture Launches Industrial IoT Innovation Center

07/12/17, 05:43 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | IIOT, industrial automation, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing

Clients work with Accenture to design and prototype digital solutions that improve engineering, manufacturing, production and deliver new customer experiences

Achieving Lights-Out Manufacturing with Industrial Robots

07/10/17, 05:38 AM | Automation & IIoT, Supply Chain | Collaborative Robots, industrial automation, Smart Factory

Kagan Pittman for Engineering.com: The robot combo has been tasked with automating a black oxide process, which involves dipping parts in various chemical baths in a precise sequence.

If Foxconn builds a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin, it won't be what many expect

07/03/17, 05:30 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | IIOT, Jobs / Employment, Smart Factory

John Schmid , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Does Wisconsin have the deep reserves of digital-age systems engineers who are coveted in the new manufacturing economy

Pragmatism Pervades Smart Factory Floor

06/26/17, 05:24 AM | Automation & IIoT, Supply Chain | IIOT, Industry 4.0, Smart Factory

Gary Hilson for EBN Online: The smart factory is becoming a reality, but the transition to Industry 4.0 is a pragmatic one.

Augury Secures $17 Million Series B Funding Round to Power the Future of IIoT

06/22/17, 05:25 AM | Automation & IIoT, Supply Chain | Financing, IIOT, Investment

Eclipse Ventures and Munich Re / HSB Ventures Co-Lead Round for NYC IIoT Startup

Three promising IIoT platform options aim to improve manufacturing

06/14/17, 05:50 AM | Automation & IIoT, Supply Chain | IIOT, Industry 4.0

Linda Rosencrance for TechTarget: Given the exploding industrial internet of things market, surveying the choices can be overwhelming. To get you started, here's a look at three platforms and their focus areas.

IIoT And The CyberThreat: A Perfect Storm Of Risk

06/12/17, 05:43 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | cybersecurity, IIOT

Chris Grove for MBT Mag: Some organizations have a false sense of security and believe their industrial control systems cant be easily compromised.

The factory of the future is here, and it's digitized

06/08/17, 05:38 AM | Automation & IIoT, Additive & 3D Printing | 3D Design, Digital Factory, Industry 4.0, MicroFactories, Smart Factory, Smart Manufacturing

Scott Kirsner for Boston Globe: The revolution is about three things: more advanced software for designing things; devices like 3-D printers that can quickly crank out a prototype; and robots and other technologies that will make the factory floor more efficient and flexible.

Robots May Help Defuse Demographic Time Bomb in Japan, Germany

05/30/17, 05:58 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | collaborative robotics, Jobs / Employment

Anirban Nag for Bloomberg: Robots to offset negative impact of slower labor force growth. Emerging markets wont be so lucky, Moodys report says

APM 4.0 will sustain Industry 4.0

05/26/17, 05:48 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | APM 4.0, IIOT

Dan Miklovic, LNS Research via Plant Services: On the road to smarter manufacturing, do not confuse sophistication with maturity.

Maker Cities: If You Can Imagine It, You Can Build It

05/24/17, 05:38 AM | Automation & IIoT, Engineering | maker faire, Training and Education

Peter Hirshberg and Marcia Kadanoff for US News: Maker Cities are remaking America for the future.

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