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Digital Transformation

Speak up, add your voice to our 2024 State of Initiative Report

Oct. 2, 2024
Please share your perspective on your digital transformation successes, challenges, and plans in Smart Industry's annual survey.

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Yana Lysenko
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Cybersecurity

How automated patching shields vulnerable manufacturing from cyberattacks

This process happens on schedule, according to rules set up by IT admins, freeing up IT personnel from the painstaking manual process while allowing patches to be rolled out quickly...
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Big Data

To build success, agile manufacturers harness big data

Actionable tips on navigating through the massive information slog and complex datasets to gain advantages in Industry 4.0 and competitive marketplaces.
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Industry News

'Aggressive' Fed rate cut could help industries raise capital for digital transformations

As manufacturers cheer large drop in benchmark, the U.S. move is seen as a potential boost to corporate budgets for the technology that brings production lines farther into the...
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Artificial Intelligence

How to avoid the AI hype-to-disillusionment cycle

Be targeted with your projects involving artificial intelligence, identify clear uses cases, and make realistic—not pie in the sky—investments that will show some early successes...
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Digital Transformation

Oh how far manufacturing has come in adopting emerging technologies

Despite the economy’s stumbles of recent years, 68% of executives feel positive about their company’s outlook, and that positive feeling should translate into plenty of investment...
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Benefits of Transformation

How universities help manufacturers with technology testing, adoption

Digital transformation is necessary but can be expensive—and there are lots of unknowns. College and trade school labs, however, are trying out what works (and what doesn’t) before...
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Francisco Javier Franco Espinoza, a strategy and innovations manager for Siemens Factory Automation, discusses digital manufacturing in the AWS booth.
Industry News

Big Tech puts on the big schmooze at IMTS

Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all give manufacturing some love at Chicago technology show, hosting pitch sessions in large exhibit spaces at an event usually all about "big iron...

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IT/OT Convergence

IT/OT convergence needs a human-centered approach

This path sees technology as only part of the solution, putting flesh-and-blood users such as IT pros, OT operators, and third-party vendors at the heart of integration.

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Artificial Intelligence

Automakers use AI to manage their supply chain ecosystem

AI is becoming increasingly powerful at solving problems in areas such as optimization, decision-making, knowledge management, and process automation.