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Rightshoring: Discover Your Component Sourcing Sweet-spot

i4.0 today

It’s an attractive middle-ground that enables OEMs to adopt a hybrid sourcing strategy that considers multiple factors. The PCB assemblies meanwhile are being sourced from a trusted Chinese supplier with a UK-based distribution hub. By definition, rightshoring seems to be the obvious ‘catch all’ solution. Today Magazine.

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Industrial Processes and Wireless Communications – Part III: Process Automation Monitoring

Cisco Manufacturing

The Internet is littered with articles about Industry 4.0. Adoption of digital industrial processes have accelerated since the German government led this initiative to maintain national industrial prowess. One of the main features of Industry 4.0 For example, with digital twins and modular flexible systems.

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The Connectivity Revolution: How the Emergence of 5G Networks Are Reshaping Manufacturing

21st Century Tech

Its true potential is realized when integrated with Industry 4.0 This is essential for high-definition spatial data and video streaming, complex sensor data, and other data-intensive applications. It means VR users can experience ultra-high-definition content without lag or buffering. technologies. What are these?

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MQTT’s benefits for digital transformation

Control Engineering

Industry 4.0, Analysts across the board project the global market for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to reach hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the decade. Current industrial communications protocols are based on direct connections between data source and data consumer.

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Next steps for digital transformation for manufacturers

Control Engineering

Data management is therefore a fundamental requirement and the next step on the digital transformation journey of many companies is to put in place technologies that enable data to be collected from multiple sources, visualized and analyzed, to create actionable insights.”. Benedikt Rauscher, head of global IoT projects and Industry 4.0

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State of the Industry: Creating a Sustainable Future

Fabricating & Metal Work

The manufacturing industry, including the metalworking sector, is increasingly applying sustainable business practices as pressures such as regulations mount. Sustainable strategies ranging from digitalization (Industry 4.0) That Industry 4.0 Why the uptick in sustainability-related initiatives?

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IFS announces acquisition of Cdn. worker technology company Poka

Canadian Manufacturing

LONDON — IFS announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Poka, Inc., With the massive focus on efficiency, industry 4.0 a Quebec-based provider of a connected worker platform. Over the past decades companies have invested trillions of dollars enabling back office workers to do their jobs.