Software-Defined Manufacturing Demands Better Hardware

Industry has run on gears and grease for decades, and the shift toward driving machines by code is not going…

The Goal of Data is Prediction, Not Records

Data on its own has minimal value to a shop floor. What is really important is connected data and relationships…

Software Makes Hardware Matter More

Software is a great enabler across industries and disciplines, but for manufacturing and production especially it needs to be grounded…

Navigating the Future of Operations

Manufacturing and production operations are under a big microscope right now with businesses feeling the pressure to become more flexible…

The hidden complexities of consumer products

Consumer products are leading a trend in how the process industries approach their products. Continuous production, or even large-scale batches…

Learning faster on an adapter shop floor

From the outside, the factory floor and production environments are not known for change. But that is not the case….

Methods, not technologies, are the key to an industrial future

It may not be everywhere, but transformation is already happening on the shop floor to bring AI technologies to operators….

The critical role of software in operations

Software is everywhere in our modern world and that includes some of the most risk-averse and conservative industries. Then challenge…

Industrial operations are growing fast with software

Running a factory from day to day, from outside the industry, can seem like the most mundane part of production…