As electronics grow more complex, so do the manufacturing processes necessary to produce them. Here’s what business leaders need to know. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based ...

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 ...

The new OptiFact software platform enables users to collect, manage and analyze data from hundreds of factory devices, including ABB robots, to determine key performance indicators including cycle ...

Austin, TX. Optimal+ today announced the availability of Release 6.5 of its flagship software. This latest release includes an extension of the company’s Global Ops solution to serve the needs of ...

Why viewing MES not just as a monitoring tool but a data contextualizer is critical to digital transformation, as it provides meaning to disparate machine and sensor data. How integrating control and ...

While smart manufacturing is centered around digitally transforming manufacturing operations to create new and better ways of doing business, data is also key. Unlocking new capabilities, reducing ...

Data collection is more important for businesses than ever before because people who use the internet will generate approximately 463 exabytes of data every day by 2025. Without data collection tools ...

We're all familiar with photos of Ford’s production lines in 1920. Would we recognize them today? As part of the broader Industry 4.0 trend, systems in many factories have modernized considerably in ...

For yield management systems the old calculation adage, “garbage in/garbage out” still rings true. Aligning and cleaning data remains a dirty business. With the increased value in data in the ...

Chip design is starting to include more options to ensure chips behave reliably in the field, boosting the ability to tweak both hardware and software as chips age. The basic problem is that as ...