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With the political election season finally drawing to a close, the one thing that has been a bit of a silver lining is the renewed interest and focus on the country’s Manufacturing sector. To truly grasp the impact of this industry on the U.S. economy, The National Institute of Standards and Technol…

Tribal knowledge rules! As more millennials enter our companies and our existing workforce retires, we must share not only best practices but also our best information and processes with them. “Many large, older companies are caught up in a tsunami of baby boomers retiring and are unaware of how mu…

About the Author: Paul Brooks is a Business Development Manager at Rockwell Automation and is the lead for the Industrial IP Advantage, a coalition of like-minded companies driving community, thought leadership, and promotion of standard, unmodified Ethernet and Internet Protocol. We’ve all seen th…

IoT represents a $14.4 trillion business opportunity for manufacturers. While some manufacturers are increasing plant efficiency and production by harnessing the power of IoT, others are struggling to keep their industrial operations running. Why the disparity? IoT, despite representing a sizeable o…

Digitization is rapidly transforming the manufacturing industry. Manufacturers are now tracking supplies and resources, viewing work flow status, measuring production yield, and predicting downtime through extensive data collection and analytics in real time. Companies that digitize their operation…