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Standards

Manufacturing is evolving. Are standards keeping up?

New standards are being created to avoid situations where every single vendor has their own digitalization solution.
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Industrial Networks

An introduction to Sparkplug for next-gen manufacturing solutions

The Sparkplug specification took the industry by storm and large companies adopted it for operational efficiency gains and for creating next-generation manufacturing solutions...
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Business Transformation

Clearing things up with fuzzy digitalization value propositions

It is not easy to identify the exact costs and benefits before the implementation, which makes a traditional ROI calculation difficult.
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Standards

Establishing a gold standard for RPA

To better understand the benefits of establishing a set of RPA standards, look at what the PDF did.
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5G

Capitalizing on low-latency / high-performance applications

Manufacturers can use private 5G and MEC solutions to quickly deploy low latency and high-performance applications.
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Business Models

The evolution of Manufacturing Execution Systems

As Industry 4.0 grows, Manufacturing Execution Systems must grow alongside it.
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Business Strategist

Waste can mean more than "waste"

There are numerous areas of waste that go overlooked.
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IIoT Platforms

Industrie 4.0: What does it mean for chemical companies?

How a specialty-polymers company took a “don’t panic” approach and improved safety, cost, uptime and quality.
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Business Intelligence

A deep dive into your thoughts

A dominant and growing majority subscribe to the "digitalize or die" mantra.
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Advanced Control

Most read of 2017

What intrigued digital-transformation professionals in the past year?