Manufacturing

5 Ways Smart Manufacturing Offers a Competitive Advantage

Taking full advantage of the IIoT isn’t just about WIFI-enabled machines. It’s about full factory connectivity. Ever since the first cell phone gained Internet access, the word “smart” has been appended to every Internet-enabled device, regardless of its quality or utility. Today, almost every electronic device can be “smart,” from smart...

How Does Factory Automation Factor into the Technology Lifecycle?

Being early adapters of factory automation helps manufacturers innovate faster. One of the most challenging decisions manufacturers have to make regarding the long term health of their business is when to invest in a new technological breakthrough. Factories today are increasingly automated, but it isn't just the automation that is changing...

5 Leading Factors Driving the Adoption of Factory Automation

Businesses are turning to automation technology to solve a range of challenges posed by modern industry. It's no secret that increased factory automation is transforming every corner of the manufacturing industry. However, as more and more businesses turn to automation, headlines about this trend have not always been favorable. This is...

7 Benefits of Track and Trace Technology in Manufacturing

Being able to track products through each stage of the manufacturing process has benefits for quality control, supply chain management, and regulatory compliance. Modern manufacturing is defined by ever more sophisticated methods of process control and supply chain management. As companies have grown more refined in their production methods, much emphasis...

3 Factors Driving Robot Growth in the Manufacturing Sector

As manufacturing businesses around the world seek new ways to modernize their operations, advanced robots are becoming a ubiquitous feature on the factory floor. Over the years, as technologies have improved, people have found any number of creative ways to automate undesirable tasks. One might consider the earliest stages of automation...

7 Applications for Factory Automation in PCB Manufacturing

Factory automation accelerates the production of printed circuit boards (PCBs) for high-end electronics. Electronics come in all shapes and sizes, but one thing almost all of them share is the use of printed circuit boards (PCBs). Circuit boards are a compact and repeatable way to structure intricate components into a small...

4 Reasons Organizational Leadership Is Crucial in Factory Automation

Choose an automation partner with a strong vision and proven record of carrying it out. Leadership and a commitment to quality are requisites in many businesses, but in few industries, is it so critical as in automation. Designing and building solutions for manufacturing factories is an expensive task, where the costs...

4 Ways Factory Automation Improves Supply Chain Management

Although the Covid-19 pandemic ripple effect continues to disrupt global supply chains, factory automation mitigates many shortcomings. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, manufacturers worldwide have become acutely aware of the interconnectivity of supply chains. Shortages of critical supplies have exposed vulnerabilities that have shut down production centers, even as...

4 Areas Where Vision Technology Advances Factory Automation

Improvements in vision technology are expanding the realm of possibility for factory automation. If there's anything we've learned from decades of work in the automation industry, it's that the transformative impact of a new technology reaches beyond its immediate applications. Sometimes, the new technology means that old systems must be reworked...

6 Ways Augmented Reality Will Transform Manufacturing Automation

As factory automation begins to incorporate augmented reality into its processes, what should industrial manufacturers expect? Of all the new Industry 4.0 technologies, Augmented Reality is the one that, to many people, seems the most surprising. AR devices are often worn like glasses upon which software can project images or instructions...

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