| | | | | | | | A CMMS is not a magic wand. It is a sophisticated tool that is only as effective as the discipline of the organization using it. |
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| | | | | | The 2026 ITAs from Smart Industry and Cisco seek to recognize these organizations for operational excellence in Manufacturing, Transportation, and Utilities. |
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| | The companies announced a series of updates to their systems, prioritizing AI that assists in uptime and operational reliability. |
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| | The future likely isn’t one or the other, but rather a blend. If there’s good data, AI is replacing human input in certain processes. But people must stay in the loop for their creativity, critical and strategic thinking, and for ethical considerations. |
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| | | | | | The most effective industrial intelligence is grounded in physical infrastructure. Most practitioners approach IIoT from either the IT side or the OT side, but true resilience requires fluency in both. |
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| | Jen Szkatulski of Immersive Labs joins the podcast and Smart Industry's Sarah Mattalian to discuss why manufacturing continues to suffer greatly from cyberattacks—and the most ransomware targets—and how companies can protect themselves. |
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| | As AI removes many routine cognitive tasks, the human role doesn't disappear—it elevates. People shift their roles toward tasks like defining strategic objectives and constraints and designing systems rather than executing steps. |
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| | | | Sponsored | | For more than a decade, the growing role of services in manufacturing - servitization - has pushed manufacturers to go beyond being a vendor to becoming a partner who helps customers manage business outcomes.
This resource takes a closer look at how manufacturers can repower their customer support and service needs for the future. |
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| | | | | In this episode of the pod, Smart Industry's Robert Schoenberger and colleague Laura Davis explore with five Grainger officials the company's approach to Maintenance, Repair, and Operations inventory waste and efficiency. |
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| As if manufacturers needed more evidence that they’d better step up their data security game—and now—another report shows the ransomware assault surging into 2026. |
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