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Podcasts

Podcast: Moving the shop floor toward digital manufacturing

Sept. 20, 2024
Pico MES CEO Ryan Kuhlenbeck and MORryde Process Improvement Engineer Greg Whitt joined Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl for a discussion on how small and midsize factories can...

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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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Podcasts

Podcast: How people power digital transformation

Jerry Grunewald, Raj Polanki, Ryan Kuhlenbeck, and Greg Whitt recently spoke at IndustryWeek’s Operations Leadership Summit, which Smart Industry co-sponsored. This podcast...
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Artificial Intelligence

Study: N. American manufacturers drive 27% surge in AI adoption since 2022

Newly released Innova Solutions report also predicts “near-universal” AI adoption by 2026, signifying a shift toward the Industry 5.0 era, though organizations are grappling with...

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Cybersecurity

Crucial role of cybersecurity protection for PLCs

Programmable logic controllers have become more interconnected and integrated into larger networks—and as a result they’ve become much more vulnerable to cyberattacks.

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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.