Should you build or buy your MES? - Three key reasons you might be safer with COTS
Opponents in the build versus buy debate often defend fiercely entrenched positions, making it harder to understand the pros and cons. Here, Martin Hurley at Novotek Ireland, offers three key reasons for purchasing a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) MES.
What Is MES & Why Should Manufacturers Invest In It?
Whilst MES has established itself with some of the major manufacturers, there's still a large number of businesses that could stand to benefit from the solution but simply don't have enough understanding about the tangible benefits it can bring to their operation.
Optimizing the Manufacturing Supply Chain With 7 Tech-Forward Solutions
Every manufacturing operation needs an efficient and resilient supply chain. Stock shortages, shipping delays and similar disruptions can prolong production, raise costs and impact customer satisfaction, so manufacturers must prevent them as much as possible.
Record Automate 2023 Event Leads to Annual Show
-Automate 2023 set record attendance with more than 30,000 registrants
-Automate is heading to Chicago in 2024 and will return to Detroit in 2025
How to get more out of MOM with IIOT & Connected Applications
Mike Bradford, Strategic Business Development Director at DELMIA gave us his expert insight on the impact IIOT can have on a manufacturing firm when used effectively, and how this can provide a real return on investment for business owners.
Breaking down Walls to Build e-Factories
Thomas Burke, Global Strategic Advisor at CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), looks at how industrial automation vendors, machine builders, and end users can futureproof robotic systems with value-adding network technologies.
Focus your 2023 Technology Investments on Unearthing New Value
Organizations can deploy digital mining to tap the informational goldmines that already exist in their servers. Whether you know it or not, your enterprise systems are generating loads of information that IT is most likely archiving and/or deleting to save space.
Four Ways to Address the Industry's Technician Shortage
Equipment manufacturers can (and should) embrace and adopt a number of short-term and long-term strategies to set themselves up for sustained success as it relates to workforce development.
Why smart interconnection is essential for building the factories of the future
Today, the super-high bandwidth and low latency of 5G have tremendous potential to transform all industries, especially manufacturing. They need intelligent networks to ensure manufacturers get the most from their 5G campuses.
The benefits of a relational database versus a historian database
Manufacturers are increasingly collecting data and it has become correspondingly more important to collect, save and distribute all stored data for further use. Access to this information lays the foundation for faster decisions, increased productivity and reduced costs.
The Top 5 Things Every Manufacturing CIO Should Know
The CIO's direction has major impacts felt throughout an entire organization. To excel as a manufacturing CIO, one must clearly identify the company's goals and always facilitate a deep understanding of how to streamline success.
4 tips for developing predictive analytics in manufacturing
The emergence of predictive analytics in manufacturing helps enterprises make data-driven decisions and stay ahead of the competition using more precise forecasting.
How IoT Will Elevate 8 Types of Equipment in 2023
A rising global population means a higher demand for goods and services. Companies find ways to increase production and quality control, such as through the Internet of Things.
Raising the Roof (on Network Capacity) - New "Indoor Backhaul" System to Help Meet Rapidly-Growing Bandwidth Requirements for IIoT Applications
Wireless backhaul systems operating in the 60 GHz "millimeter wave" band that can connect through walls and "beam steer" around corners are now available.
Robotics In Manufacturing: Threat or Opportunity?
The use of robotics in manufacturing has grown consistently over the past decade. A recent report from the Association for Advancing Automation revealed that North America saw a record in robot sales in 2022, with the number of robots ordered up 11% from the previous year.
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ELATEC RFID Systems - Ensure only those authorized have access
With a tap of the badge, RFID readers from ELATEC provide secure, reliable and easy-to-use user authentication, access control and usage tracking of hardware and software in industrial automation processes. Reader durability in harsh plant floor environments is another essential feature. Choose the right authentication and access control solution and extend RFID card-based capability for the access control of PLC, robot and HMI automation controller software and devices requiring special operator training.
