Automotive Industry 4.0 - Disrupting the Industry?
Pascal Drescher for The Market Mogul: We all know what happened to Nokia and Motorola around a decade ago – are BMW, GM and Toyota the next to get disrupted?
The automotive industry developed on an evolutionary path after Henry Ford’s game-changing introduction moving assembly line over a century ago, but the industry might soon get disrupted once more.
There are currently several catalysts, rooted in technological advancements as well as in changes in consumer behaviours such as more and more powerful batteries and growing interest in environmentally friendly fuels, or self-driving vehicles. Furthermore, the sharing economy has reached the automotive industry with different services such as BMW’s DriveNow or autolib in Paris. Tesla is so far the most successful new entrant that took advantage of some those developments, but other companies from the Silicon Valley might put an even higher threat to established manufacturers such as BMW, Toyota or GM. What is likely to be the next big thing is the move towards automotive industry 4.0, that is marked by the convergence of automotive, technology and telecommunication industry, according to a Roland Berger study. The automotive industry is not the first to face such disruption, thinking about how iTunes revolutionised the music industry, or how Apple and Samsung with their Smartphones remodelled the telecom industry while previously leading companies such as Nokia had to face bankruptcy. And when thinking of technology and telecommunication, it is clear that it will be once more tech giants Apple and Google who are only waiting to jump into the market, leveraging their massive technological knowledge and financial base. As it is known, both already highly invested in developing self-driving vehicles, Apple under its “Project Titan” and Google’s autonomous vehicles are already driving through California. Cont'd...
Boomers at Work: Retirement vs. Working … It's Complicated
A lot of really smart people in technology took Confucius advice, "Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life."
Microscan Demonstrates Worry-Free Electronics Traceability Solutions at IPC APEX EXPO 2016
Microscan will demonstrate new MicroHAWK Barcode Readers from Booth #2632 at the IPC APEX EXPO 2016, March 15-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. Visitors are invited to see live demos of MicroHAWK and learn how these web-based imagers can read any code on any part, auto-enhance imaging to read codes on different PCB colors, and perform out of the box with one minute of setup time.
Manufacturing Leaders Choose Plex Systems
Motion Dynamics Corporation, NuTek Food Science, Olde Thompson, Tower Oil & Technology and Uni-Grip Select Plex Manufacturing Cloud; Motus Integrated Technologies Extends Plex Deployment to New Facilities
TAG Optics and Mituotyo Announce the Creation of a Joint Partnership
TAG Optics, the developer of the worlds fastest tunable focus lenses, and Mitutoyo Corporation, the world leader in precision measurement solutions, are proud to announce that they are entering into a strategic partnership which will include comprehensive technological alliance and cooperation.
Increase Sanitation and Pocket Capacity with the New Staggered Sidewall Belt from Dorner Mfg.
Its a staggered sidewall belt thats unlike anything youve seen before.
Rising Media's RoboUniverse Conference & Expo Returns to New York City for its Second Edition; Reveals Tracks and Program Details; April 11-12, 2016 at the Javits Convention Center
Launched in New York City in May 2015, RoboUniverse is the first global conference and trade show series dedicated to advancing the Service Robotics industry. Following its 2015 launch, RoboUniverse has produced events in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, San Diego, and Singapore.
Belden Universal Named a Winner of Two Leading Manufacturing Awards for its Excellence in Developing Aerospace Universal Joints
The Golden Mousetrap Awards by Design News celebrate the companies, products, and people who are energizing North American design, engineering and manufacturing.
Patti Engineering to Share Siemens Integration Expertise at Manufacturing in America Event in Detroit
Hosted by Siemens and Electro-Matic, the Manufacturing in America Event provides a key platform for manufacturing executives and engineers to explore how new technologies and digitalization in manufacturing create opportunities to gain a competitive edge.
Collaborative Robots Working In Manufacturing
Because cobots are affordable, highly adaptable, and almost plug-and-play, small and medium-sized manufacturers are eager to take on this technology, and some analysts expect that this segment of robotics will see substantial growth.
Samsung to provide 'smart factory' solution in South Korea
Cho Mu-hyun for ZDNet: Samsung Electronics will provide its smart factory solution for over a thousand small and medium-sized businesses in South Korea by 2017, the company announced.
The South Korean tech giant will first provide the solution to 224 firms selected by the Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (CCEI), a state-run startup and small businesses accelerator program, starting this month.
The CCEI has centres nationwide and works with almost all South Korean conglomerates to fund and support small enterprises with potential.
Samsung will provide these firms with manufacturing execution systems and enterprise resource planning solutions. It will also provide its IT-based manufacturing solutions such as automated manufacturing, process 3D simulations, and CAD/CAM super-precision moulding machines.
The firm plans to provide 450 companies with the solutions this year and over 1,000 by next year. Cont'd...
Three-Step Verification for Lean Product Labeling
How to Reduce Waste While Ensuring Product Data Compliance
ATX West - Arena PLM Wins Design News 2016 Golden Mousetrap Award
Inventor of Cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management Receives Highest Honor at Design News Magazine's 15th Annual Awards Ceremony
SME Announces Smart Manufacturing Seminar Series to Educate and Showcase Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Topic of additive manufacturing/3D printing session kicks off series March 16 in Detroit
Diversified Machine Systems Engages Customers Through Their Advanced Manufacturing Center
Diversified Machine Systems completes new division, the Advanced Manufacturing Center, located at the DMS world headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO.
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