Manufacturing
Smart Manufacturing Rises from the Ashes: Campofrio’s La Bureba Factory
Rising from a devastating fire two years ago, Spanish food manufacturer Campofrio Food Group rebuilt its La Bureba factory from the ground up to be a state-of-the-art, digital food processing facility. The executive team at Campofrio Food Group knew that this factory could become a true showcase of…
Come Together: Cost Savings Unite IT and Operations
Manufacturing to IT: “You just don’t understand the reality of the factory floor.” IT to Manufacturing: “Your legacy systems expose us to security and hackers.” Greater than 99% of the companies I visit waste time, budget, and emotional cycles battling between the information technology (IT) a…
A Bromance for the Ages: When IT met OT
Jordan and Pippen. DeMar and Kyle. Magic and Kareem. The Great One and The Moose. Edwin and Jose (…too soon?) Sports history is filled with dynamic duos. Players who so perfectly complemented each other in skills and personality that they elevated their entire team to greatness. A business is no dif…
Team Chemistry and Industrie 4.0
What do the Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Leicester City FC have in common? If you guessed they were all league champions in 2015 or 2016, you’re right. But in addition to winning it all, each had an abundance of team chemistry. Yes, chemistry. As every sports fan knows, talent wins g…
7 Reasons Why IIoT Projects Fail
The Industrial IoT brings new promises to the plant floor: lower operating cost, better visibility, and improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness. These results are all in the pot of gold at the end of the IIoT rainbow, but that pot is sometimes hard to find. Here are the top 7 reasons why I believe…
New in 2017: Factory of the Future Webinar Series
2017 is officially here and it’s an exciting time to be in manufacturing. The industry is continuing to evolve as we see continued discussion around how to improve productivity, performance, and apply smarter analytics to improve overall operations. Manufacturing is also seeing a lot more focus on c…
Three Things I Learned in Mexico
As I fly back from a few days visiting manufacturing facilities in Mexico, I wanted to share three things I learned on the trip: Déjà vu – Parallel Between IT/India and Manufacturing/Mexico Companies are investing heavily in manufacturing in Mexico. Driving north of Mexico City reminded me of…
Security is the talk of the town in South Beach
When winter comes around, many people head down south to places like Miami to escape the snow, play some golf, and relax on the beach. The weather is the attraction, but on January 10-12, Miami will become a hub for a hot topic beyond just the weather: cybersecurity at the S4x17 ICS Security Confere…
Your Plant Floor Needs Auston Matthews. Here’s Why.
Auston Matthews is a fog node. So are Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Cam Newton, Mike Trout and Jake Arrieta. But what’s a fog node? Fog nodes are a key element of fog computing, also known as edge computing, which is a relatively new concept in the technology industry. Simply put, fog computing allows co…
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