What will it take for the traditional manufacturing companies of the US to adopt new technology? This week, the Smart Manufacturing Experience — hosted by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), ...

In today’s global economy, product research and development (R&D) has historically been concentrated in the U.S. and China. However, these efforts are beginning to decentralize and spread into new ...

Smart manufacturing is evolving beyond traditional automation toward autonomous "lights-out" factories where digital twins ...

At this point, most manufacturers have at least started their journey toward a smart factory transformation. They are making investments in critical advanced technologies—cloud, edge computing, and 5G ...

Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

Over the past few years, there’s been a distinct tendency to associate smart manufacturing with mega-enterprises in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, and the process industry. In fact, the roots ...

Proponents of smart manufacturing often tout the advantages of connected machines, advanced robotics, and other digital technologies for achieving everything from faster production to a more engaged ...

Use of machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) is on an exponential rise across fields 1 including all aspects of the semiconductor industry. In the last decade, the use of ML/AI exploded ...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Plex Systems, a Rockwell Automation company and a leader in cloud-delivered smart manufacturing solutions, today announced a new modularization approach for its Smart ...

Smart manufacturing approaches are enabling industrial companies to address the challenges of global competition, sustainability, supply chain snarls and labor shortages. The goal is to become more ...

Lean manufacturing may be decades old, but its relevance is only growing stronger in the age of Industry 4.0. As manufacturers increasingly adopt smart manufacturing technologies, a powerful evolution ...

WASHINGTON — A national effort is needed to advance smart manufacturing in the U.S., says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report, Options for a ...