Improving productivity has been a manufacturing goal since the beginning of the first industrial revolution. Getting more product out the door faster and cheaper has led to more innovations in ...

With the emergence of intelligent manufacturing, new-generation information technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence are rapidly integrating with the manufacturing industry. One of ...

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has developed rapidly in recent decades due to its incomparable capabilities in fabricating parts. Specifically, instead of removing materials from a solid block in ...

John Clemons is a Solution Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He’s been working in the field of Manufacturing Technology for over 30 years. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more prevalent in ...

Data Collection Fundamentals provides an overview of the basic life cycle, structures, and qualities of common data used in smart manufacturing. Data collection describes the process of collecting and ...

There is now broad consensus that data-driven decision-making is essential to success in today’s highly competitive manufacturing environment. Customers’ price-consciousness, combined with demands for ...

Manufacturers everywhere feel they’re behind on mastering their use of operations data. The answer to that problem isn't collecting more data, it's tracking those data points that actually solve ...