Given how fast technology and markets are changing, how can manufacturers of intelligent products ensure they are ready for what’s next? Future-ready manufacturing requires plant floor systems that go beyond traditional manufacturing execution systems (MES). With the full scope of manufacturing operations management (MOM), analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), companies have a good opportunity to…
Covalent Expands Workforce Operations
Can manufacturers maximize plant human resources as effectively as inventory and equipment? Covalent would say yes. That is what their workforce operations platform is designed to do: continuously maximize labor effectiveness. They continue to build out in multiple directions: functionally, beyond tracking training and job experience to creating an interactive skills matrix, optimizing work allocation,…
PTC Strengthens ThingWorx Industrial Data Management Platform
What makes a digital thread that weaves through manufacturing possible? The answer is: operational data management, which includes a host of capabilities to connect, collect, contextualize, and make data flow across offices, plants, and the field. ThingWorx, a PTC Technology, has been doing that for years, and we recently had an update briefing on version…
When is MES Best Implemented Before PLM?
Should emerging companies implement factory software before product lifecycle software? Sometimes. Julie Fraser’s blog post for the First Resonance site explores the strengths of modern MES and when it might be the priority application to implement, even when PLM is not yet in place. Software for a Manufacturing Business Young companies, especially those with breakthrough…
Apprentice Adds Agentic AI to No-Code Cloud Pharma MES
Can a highly regulated pharmaceutical or biotech company trust AI in their GXP manufacturing operations? Apprentice says yes. In the past year, they have added GenAI for intelligent context-awareness to the Tempo MES / LES / Automation solution. Now, they have added agentic AI to automate production and lab processes further. It might sound like…
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