Computer security is a topic that frequently emerges when talking with a manufacturing business that is curious about “digital transformation” or “Industry 4.0”. I find that a lot of SMEs are sceptical about Industry 4.0,…
From the National Institute of Science and Technology definition of a Cyber Physical System: “Cyber-Physical Systems or “smart” systems are co-engineered interacting networks of physical and computational components. These systems will provide the foundation of…
Everybody is talking about analytics. Together with Artificial Intelligence or AI all of our business problems will be solved apparently. Analytics sounds like analysis, so it is natural to make the comparison to try and…
In a previous life I was a production manager. One of the frustrations of such a role is the feeling that more control and coordination could be exerted “if only I had the data for…”….
One factor that motivates industrial organisations to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is the potential to be able to monitor, control and coordinate processes remotely. This opens up new possibilities for collaboration across manufacturing…