Making the value of technology clear
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Reinventing MES/MOM and Operations We’ve followed Tulip since the early days and were excited to catch up and see what they have accomplished over the past year. From their inception, Tulip Interfaces deliberately set themselves apart from existing industry acronyms like MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) and MOM (Manufacturing Operations Management). This decision offered advantages and…
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