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IIoT
How to successfully implement IoT
Based on case studies and company input from How to Utilize Big Data to Enhance Manufacturing Processes, consider these best practices before implementing Big Data.
September 5, 2018
Successfully implementing IoT requires a review of the company's capabiities, buy-in from employees and leadership, accurate data and other vital factors.
IIoT
The pioneers of packaging 4.0
In two separate moves, Tetra Pak and SIG partner with Microsoft and GE Digital, respectively, signaling a shift toward smart equipment and modernized service operations.
July 23, 2018
Tetra Pak and SIG partner with Microsoft and GE Digital, respectively, signaling a shift toward smart equipment and modernized service operations.
IIoT
Web technologies change the landscape for visualization
Led in large part by consumer expectations carrying over to industrial settings, HMI, SCADA and other visualization tools are becoming more accessible from more places, with the data more intuitively digested.
July 23, 2018
Beckhoff Automation’s TwinCAT HMI software platforms allows viewing on screens of any size.
IIoT
Nestlé samples a selection of IIoT/Industry 4.0
With more than 400 factories around the world, the food and beverage behemoth has to take a practical approach to digital innovations, running a range of pilots that make sense for production.
July 9, 2018
om Doney, expert engineer at the Nestlé Development Center in Marysville, Ohio.
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Understanding the journey to IoT and Big Data in operations
During a session at the Siemens Automation Summit, a panel of experts discuss what’s holding back deployments and how to start the project that will make a difference.
July 9, 2018
From left to right: David Greenfield, Biplab Pal, Andrew Crowley, Jagannath Rao.
IIoT
MES and historians in the digital spotlight
Plant floor stalwarts for decades, historians and manufacturing execution systems are gaining new attention along with hot trends in digital and manufacturing intelligence. Staying competitive will require extending the MES across operations.
June 5, 2018
In a joint ARC/Automation World survey, MES users said they received the most value from production management, quality management, and planning and scheduling applications. Source: ARC Advisory Group
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The evolving worker in digital transformation
Intel surveyed a broad range of manufacturers to get a better understanding of how Industry 4.0 and IIoT-enabled technologies will grow along with the people who work with them.
May 30, 2018
On the spectrum of digital intensity, manufacturers are just beginning to navigate the digital journey, according to the Intel study.
IIoT
Beyond the black box of predictive maintenance
The Industrial Internet of Things promises to usher in an era of predictive maintenance, but manufacturers are moving slowly, struggling to transform asset data into actionable information.
May 22, 2018
Predictive maintenance is one of the most compelling elements of IIOT, but manufacturers are struggling to transform asset data into actionable information.
IIoT
Creating the digital future in brownfield plants
How a technique from the 1970s can be used to leverage well-recognized measurements such as operational equipment effectiveness and total productive maintenance to transform brownfield plants into digital ones.
March 16, 2018
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On the factory floor, an entire world of IoT applications is possible
Even though it’s called the Internet of Things, you do not have to use the Internet to get the advantages.
July 24, 2017
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New standards could push optimization to cloud-based MES
Food and beverage companies have deep-sixed new plant construction and focused on optimization for the last 10 years. The next step may be real-time optimization via cloud-based MES systems.
June 27, 2017
The ISA-95 working group is identifying common manufacturing events in the MES layer and is pointing to 20 to 30 common operation events in the new Part 9 of the ISA-95 standard.
IIoT
Manufacturers’ slow, but steady migration to the cloud
Most are opting for a hybrid approach that pairs cloud-based analytics and production applications with traditional on-premise control systems.
May 23, 2017
Inductive Automation sees its MQTT-based Ignition IIoT platform as a cloud-based data collection hub for on-premise controls systems.
IIoT
Putting IIoT to Work for Remote Services
Tetra Pak is expanding its service offering with cloud-based condition monitoring, predictive analytics and augmented reality for on-site maintenance of equipment.
April 20, 2017
Putting IIoT to Work for Remote Services
Facilities, Design & Infrastructure
Are Executives Really Using Plant-Floor Data?
Though some responding to the latest Automation World survey complain that all the data available to corporate execs just makes more work for plant managers, it’s also helping manufacturing get more respect.
April 13, 2017
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Data acquisition projects gain traction in food production
Recent food and beverage surveys show that data acquisition is an important driver for a more efficient enterprise. So, how do enterprises cross the bridge to real-time production data?
March 21, 2017
Across General Mills entire network of plants, the company produces 700 billion production data points a day. Photo courtesy of General Mills.
Software
Legacy plants embrace low-cost data acquisition
Various types of data acquisition solutions are allowing small and large processors to incorporate IIoT strategies and gather standardized data in their plants.
December 22, 2016
This recent food and beverage study, from the Aberdeen Group, shows the growing importance in data acquisition maturity for manufacturers.
IIoT
The 5 elements to capturing value from IoT
Getting an Internet of Things Initiative in manufacturing up and running is difficult for several reasons. The ability to target IoT value creation using these five steps can help smooth the path.
December 16, 2016
McKinsey & Company's Bob Sternfels
IIoT
Next-gen platform enables end-to-end IoT
Focused specifically on grid, data center, building and industry domains, Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure architecture leverages advances in mobility, sensing, cloud computing, analytics and cybersecurity.
December 9, 2016
EcoStruxure incorporates years of experience for very domain-specific connectivity for data centers, buildings, grid and industry to deliver enhanced value around safety, reliability, efficiency, sustainability and connectivity. Source: Schneider Electric
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