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Generative AI Industrial Copilots to Deliver Contextual Intelligence

Gary Mintchell

The copilots leverage Microsoft Azure OpenAI alongside an industrial knowledge graph that includes events, sensor data, asset details, product documentation and manuals, and reliability and maintenance reports. All three copilots contextualize, process, and analyze data from various manufacturing sources.

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EAC's IoT Platform Connects Shop Floor With Actionable Data

Modern Machine Shop

View real-time data KPIs such as availability, performance, quality, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and other critical metrics in user-friendly visual dashboards with filters and drill-downs. Easily accessible KPI data enables decision makers to spot weak points in manufacturing processes.

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Upgrading Productivity: Embracing the Future

Dinesh Mishra

Productivity measurement has a long-documented history, dating back to Adam Smith’s notion (1776) of productive and unproductive labor.

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How this Job Shop Grew Capacity Without Expanding Footprint

Modern Machine Shop

Manage product-related and manufacturing data, including designs, NC programs, and shop documentation. They also apply a Siemens product called Mcenter which is used for tool management, CNC program management, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) analysis. Access and build a bill of materials (BOM).

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Reinventing a Precision Shop With a Data-Driven Mindset

Modern Machine Shop

With this data on the shop floor, Pioneer Service can easily calculate and keep track of its overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) using various uptime, quoted time and actual cycle time statistics to calculate how well the shop is performing.

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Building a traceability 4.0 foundation for automation

Control Engineering

Internal drivers include manufacturing flexibility, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and product compatibility, whereas external ones include regulatory compliance, industry standards and customer requirements. Many industries require track-and-trace control and documentation.

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Thermal Loop Solutions: A Path to Improved Performance, Sustainability and Compliance in Heat Treatment

MEM

The effectiveness of heat treatment thermal loop solutions can be measured using metrics such as overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). OEE combines metrics for availability, performance, and quality to provide a comprehensive view of the efficiency of a manufacturing process.