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    Advanced Control

    From EAM to ROI: A practical guide for manufacturers

    July 26, 2024
    You need to start with a solid CMMS foundation. Your CMMS is where you digitize and standardize your maintenance processes, and it's the source of the data that powers your EAM...

    Top Stories

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    IT/OT Convergence

    IT/OT convergence: The making of a modern plant

    Thanks to the many well-publicized cyber incidents and new federal cybersecurity rules, automation and other OT personnel have realized there is a legitimate risk, and they need...
    Podcasts

    Podcast: AI best practices—Lessons learned at Girtz and Ford

    In this episode of Great Question, Sean O’Meara and Jason Ryska describe how AI is transforming their industries.
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    Cybersecurity

    How to choose security for your OT operations

    An effective OT security regimen must be able to secure the entire environment at a plant—the “legacy” machinery as well as the latest devices.
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    Business Intelligence

    Smart connected products give industrials unprecedented opportunities

    Five key considerations that can help manufacturers meet the moment and generate as much as $2.3 trillion in incremental revenue by 2030.
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    Cybersecurity

    Pair of new reports see glaring data, cybersecurity, content-sharing vulnerabilities

    Surveys from Copia Automation and Kiteworks of manufacturing stakeholders join others, from Fortinet in June and Ponemon/Cyolo in February, that point to large, exploitable holes...
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    Advanced Control

    The promise of quantum computing in manufacturing

    The technology, which could have $2 trillion in end-user economic impact by 2035, is primed to revolutionize the advanced technologies of Industry 4.0.
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    Additive Manufacturing

    Nano Dimension to buy Desktop Metal for as little as $135 million

    Stratasys bid $1.8 billion for the metal additive manufacturing company about a year ago.

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    Human Capital

    Retraining your best people, upskilling new hires through free virtual education

    Transferring knowledge from retiring experts to remaining or new employees is a critical challenge, so manufacturers usually must do it digitally and, preferably, inexpensively...

    Tools of Transformation

    Taking it to the Edge

    Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IOT) offer manufacturers a way to increase efficiency, become more agile and prevent costly downtime. But, at the same, the prevalence...

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    Control & Optimization

    Connecting and protecting manufacturing workers in an era of technical skills shortages

    Manufacturers face complex challenges stemming from technical skills shortages and the onboarding of younger and less experienced staff but solving these issues could be mission...

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    Asset Performance

    From Standard Requirements To Revenue Generators—Smart New Approaches To Continuous Monitoring And Condition-Based Maintenance/Services

    Download this eBook to learn more about the emerging benefits of modern condition-based asset management.

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    Industry News

    Report: Contracted tech workers paid less than regular IT staff

    Analysis of “shadow workforce” by LA-based workplace equity technology firm Trusaic shows uneven compensation between regular staff in technology departments and contingent workers...