Digitize your operations more quickly with lightweight IIoT applications Anyone that has implemented Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) knows that the road to success is long and often paved with potholes. There are many examples of successful MES deployments, but unfortunately, many more that have been unsuccessful. The...
Learn about Industry 4.0 from the our team of digital factory experts. What is Industry 4.0? PwC defines Industry 4.0 as the focus on the end-to-end digitization of all physical assets and integration into digital ecosystems with value chain partners1. Economic historians largely agree there were three waves...
https://vimeo.com/374283107 Put People in Roles That Stretch Their Ability John Oskin, President and CEO at Sage Clarity Solutions talks about how his company sets themselves apart as thought leaders in the big data and manufacturing industries with pitches into media, events and other media platforms that gives his...
Industry 4.0 revolution is transforming not only the manufacturing job market, but also the workplace. Modern manufacturing jobs of today and tomorrow look much different than those of the past. According to data from WSJ, demand for college-educated workers is on the rise in manufacturing relative...
Purdue students integrate Sage Clarity andon into their manufacturing capstone projects A version of this article originally appeared in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute's newsroom. Students' final projects require teamwork and use of combined knowledge to solve a real-world challenges. Students at Purdue are using our Next-Gen Andon...
Ever look out over a sea of the machines and equipment and confuse them with twinkling holiday lights? Suffice it to say that too many lights on does not mean Santa's coming to town. Today's world is a hyper-competitive manufacturing environment. Challenges related to maintenance,...
The next manufacturing revolution is here. An interesting Ted talk by Boston Consulting group discusses what lies ahead for manufacturing and Industry 4.0 https://www.ted.com/talks/olivier_scalabre_the_next_manufacturing_revolution_is_here A reminder on what exactly is the 4thIndustrial revolution? Well, lets start with the first three… The 1stindustrial revolution started in the 1800s with...
OEE Benchmarks What better way to start the new year than to lead off with a set of manufacturing performance benchmarks. Today's manufacturers place the highest level of importance on the quest for operational efficiencies. Many manufacturers face only capacity constraints - the more they make, the more...
Static to Real-Time KPIs Developing a strategy to migrate from static to real-time KPIs is a journey. We have developed a 5 step process to help companies with this endeavor. Identify your KPIs Take an inventory of KPIs across the business and catalog them. The suggestion is to...
Last year IBM came out with the statistic we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily. In the next few years this number will increase exponentially as companies continue to invest in the "Industrial Internet of Things" (IIoT). Such numbers demonstrate an incredible magnitude of information which can be...
