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Digital Transformation

manufacturing trends for 2025
Discrete manufacturing January 8, 2025
Potential Impact of Gartner’s Tech Trends on Manufacturing

Gartner’s strategic technology trends for 2025 showcase the tools shaping the near future, from AI-driven autonomy to sustainable computing paradigms. For manufacturers, these trends represent more than just possibilities—they are an urgent call to action to drive efficiency, resilience, and innovation.

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Semiconductor manufacturing October 2, 2024
Chips Making Chips: How Virtualization, Digital Twins and Machine Learning are Accelerating the Spiral of Innovation

The semiconductor industry has long been on the leading edge of manufacturing automation, and companies like Lam Research continue to drive that innovation.

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Discrete manufacturing September 26, 2024
Frost & Sullivan Radar: A Strategic Guide for Manufacturers

Frost & Sullivan Radar on MES provides a comprehensive analysis of the competitive landscape in the manufacturing market, offering insights that can guide manufacturers in choosing the right MES partner.

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Discrete manufacturing August 27, 2024
Transforming Manufacturing: Key Focus Areas, Trends, and Challenges in Digital Transformation

The manufacturing industry is undergoing a seismic shift driven by digital transformation. No longer a futuristic concept, digital transformation is essential for manufacturers operating in today’s competitive landscape. This article provides an overview of this critical initiative–exploring its focus areas, emerging trends, and potential challenges.

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Medical device manufacturing August 22, 2024
Ensuring compliance: Aligning maintenance with production in the MedTech Industry to avoid unnecessary downtime

Comprehensive state-of-the-art maintenance management modules provide all the necessary functionalities to create and execute maintenance plans along with all their associated activities. And it does not stop at processing the equipment, it includes maintenance planning for all manufacturing assets such as transport or storage systems.

Electronics manufacturing July 18, 2024
Build vs Buy Software Series #3: Three Critical Cost Categories

This is the third article of a series on how to decide whether to build or buy software. Following are three suggestions for the cost categories you should consider, beginning with near-term expenses and the associated need for cash.

Electronics manufacturing June 20, 2024
Build vs Buy Software Series #2: Seven Critical Questions – What Should We Build?

This is the second article of a series on how to decide whether to build or buy software. A framework that can guide you in making that decision.

Discrete manufacturing May 23, 2024
Supercharging Manufacturing Transformation: An MES-Centric Model for Tracking and Driving Business Value

Transformation of manufacturing process is a crucial component for global competitiveness. Today, most large organizations explore new technologies such as IoT, Machine Learning, Cameras, 5G and new generation software to transform their manufacturing systems. 

Discrete manufacturing May 8, 2024
Breaking Silos, Boosting Efficiency: The Transformative Power of MES Centers of Excellence

The implementation of an MES CoE offers a strategic solution, aiming to standardize processes and technologies across these diverse environments while fostering agility and responsiveness to shifting business conditions.