Tech-Clarity’s Julie Fraser was on the analyst panel of the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s (MLC’s) 20th anniversary Rethink conference. The panel looked back 20 years and forward 20 years in the journey to digital manufacturing. Julie’s perspective is that some things that seem new are not – like AI, which she wrote a report about in…
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GE Proficy 2024: Expanding on IT, OT, Sustainability, and Operations Scale and Ease
Making plant floor software more straightforward to use, rollout, maintain, and sustain is a worthy endeavor. The fourth annual release of the GE Digital Proficy portfolio as an integrated release was packed! Updates range from expanding industry fit to architecture for enterprise rollout, cloud everywhere, composability, consistency for connected workers, sustainability functionality, and pre-built analytics…
Manufacturing in the Age of AI
What defines Manufacturing in the Age of AI? How much progress are companies making toward Industry 4.0? What data management elements have leading manufactures put in place to support rapid decisions? Our eBook Manufacturing in the Age of AI explains the findings of our survey of over 300 manufacturing professionals. It reveals answers to these…
Analytics and AI for Decision-Making in Manufacturing
How far along are manufacturers in their journey toward using AI for decision-making in production? We want to know from you! We are conducting an update of our 2021 research The Manufacturing Data Challenge. Questions include: How are companies managing the diverse data sets in their manufacturing operation? Are companies ready to use AI and…
Bouncing Forward with Smart Manufacturing (guest post)
How can manufacturers bounce forward from disruption with smart manufacturing? Read our short post for some insights from our research and then join a live event to learn from Tech-Clarity’s Jim Brown and a variety of other speakers in a live Industry 4.0 event. Industry Disruption is the New Normal Today’s global manufacturing industry is…
The Challenge of Manufacturing Data Management (article)
What happens when automation and plant IT teams get past their differences and work together effectively? A chance for the company to outperform the competition and make progress on Industry 4.0 projects, based on more coherent manufacturing data management. In our recent research, Top Performers were more likely to have tightly connected IT and automation…