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Digital shipyards: How to maximize investments in a modern fleet

May 15, 2017

Changing the course of a ship that weighs more than thousands of tons takes coordination and collaboration. So does shipbuilding. But to meet the needs of today’s ship buyers, shipyards themselves ha…

By DigitalMariner

5 MIN READ

Industry 4.0 manufacturing and your future business

May 9, 2017

Creating networks that can adapt and respond to change will be a critical part of manufacturers’ processes if they want to retain success in Industry 4.0.

As we move into this new era of I…

By alastairorchard

4 MIN READ

Digitalization in marine engineering and the future fleet

May 1, 2017

The Dream Chaser® faces a tough mission. Once completed, the world’s fastest “Space Utility Vehicle” will be taxiing passengers and goods to and from the International Space Station at speeds of over…

By DigitalMariner

4 MIN READ

AGCO uses digitalization to help farmers feed the changing world

May 1, 2017

By designing 80 percent of its assembly processes at one site, and then reusing these plans worldwide, AGCO is improving its speed to market, and ultimately, is making farmers more productive.

By jnercesian

< 1 MIN READ

Virtual commissioning’s role in manufacturing quality

April 24, 2017

The market is quickly approaching the point where innovation in products alone will no longer be enough to keep you ahead of your competition. Increased product personalization and Industry 4.0 are c…

By NezihY

5 MIN READ

Newport News Shipbuilding launches the digital shipyard

April 12, 2017

Newport News Shipbuilding is using Siemens software to help steer the Ford class aircraft carriers on a new course of digital transformation.
With the goal of creating its first “paperless” ship,…

By jnercesian

< 1 MIN READ

Essential Industry 4.0 manufacturing capabilities

April 11, 2017

Industry 4.0 manufacturing has companies talking, and for good reason. The idea behind Industry 4.0 – being able to create agile, adaptive manufacturing networks that can respond to rapid market fluc…

By alastairorchard

4 MIN READ

Shipbuilding 4.0: the digital thread in shipbuilding technology

April 4, 2017

In December 2016, the U.S. Navy increased its current shipbuilding goal from 308 to a staggering 355 ships, so shipyards are being tasked with adding 18 vessels to their current production schedules …

By DigitalMariner

5 MIN READ

Hendrick Motorsports wins the digital race for the NASCAR Cup

March 31, 2017

In one of my earlier posts, I mentioned that Siemens PLM Software is helping its customers enable this digital transformation because PLM is ultimately the cornerstone of the transformation. …

By jnercesian

< 1 MIN READ