Making the value of technology clear
Can ISA95 rescue large manufacturers’ digital transformation efforts? Early evidence suggests that it can, when deployed as a knowledge graph, exposed as the schema of a standard data model. The ISA95 standard is the basis for the ontological structure of Rhize Manufacturing Data Hub. This headless, event-driven, real-time system provides a clean, single source of…
Will AI provide instant intelligence to MES? Not immediately. This is what Tech-Clarity’s Rick Franzosa said in his presentation on June 13th at the MES & Industry 4.0 International Summit in Portugal. His talk was titled “No Turning Back: MES/MOM enters the age of AI” and captured plenty of attention. Mark Venables, the Editor-in-Chief of…
Can multi-tenant cloud-based low-code software run and optimize production operations? Apparently, some companies are using TilliT for just that. The combination of MES with quality, AI-powered scheduling, analytics, and edge technology serves not just mid-market but also smaller and larger companies. Partners and manufacturers are deploying the system themselves after just a few days of…
Why hasn’t Augmented Reality (AR) had a greater uptake in the manufacturing market? Maybe it had not found the best use. Data Time Space believes they may have found the killer app for AR: speeding continuous improvement (CI) and freeing CI experts to do the analysis, not the data collection. This young company enables manufacturers…
What might batch industry manufacturers still desire in their enterprise-grade MES? Maybe simpler ways to configure, roll out, and manage the system. TrakSYS MES V13 features major upgrades in solution creation and templates. It also prepares for cloud deployment, expands containerization, includes MQTT, and maintains a clean user interface— the kind of UI that has…
How can innovative manufacturers improve their operational performance? With coherent, modern software to run the operation. First Resonance‘s ION Factory Operating System is designed for manufacturers in space tech, new energy, and other breakthrough products ready to craft fresh manufacturing processes. They have added agentic AI, an updated user experience (UX), and a partner marketplace…