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Productivity

SXSW quartet contends with last five years of change in manufacturing

April 1, 2025
Panelists, including Smart Industry regular Jeff Winter, emphasize innovations in areas such as predictive analytics, automation, energy security, and streamlined supply chains...

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Smart Systems

Leveraging real-time production data: Q&A with Adam Mullen

The group product manager for Plex by Rockwell Automation details how manufacturers can maximize real-time production data to improve cost accuracy, optimize resource utilization...
Weerapat Wattanapichayakul
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Artificial Intelligence

If AI isn’t the problem, what is? Maybe trust from frontline teams

AI recommendations can feel random, but not if they cite credible data sources such as OEM equipment manuals, standard operating procedures, and past performance records.
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Sustainability

Human-centered design’s critical role in both digital and sustainability transformation

A similar tendency to digital transformation is emerging with sustainability, when manufacturers mistake small efficiency improvements for a massive reimagining of how they do...
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Sustainability

Sustainability’s future in manufacturing: What to expect

Technologies such as AI and digital twins are critical to success to be sure, but so are tried-and-true techniques such as circularity and the “R-strategies” in reducing waste...
Manuel Esteban
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Industry News

Siemens confirms 6,000 job cuts

The reductions, essentially announced last fall, mainly affect the company’s U.S.-based Digital Industries unit.
Melissa Gissel Mendoza Carrasco
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Artificial Intelligence

AI brought closer to sources of data generation

Edge AI can quickly judge outcomes, predict operations, and meet goals, allowing manufacturers to maximize productivity at the pace of production.
Thanapol Mongta
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Cybersecurity

How zero-trust data exchange protects manufacturing’s private data beyond factory walls

Third-party supplier networks can fall prey to cyberattack, but exchanges ensure every file transfer, document share, and system integration is verified, encrypted, and monitored...

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IT/OT Convergence

Bridging the divide: Unifying IT and OT in U.S. manufacturing

While IT often pushes for modernization and innovation, OT teams, responsible for the smooth operation of production lines, often resist change for fear of any disruption.