SEPTEMBER 20166 MANUFACTURINGTECHNOLOGYINSIGHTS.COM At the throes of the ever changing customer demands, and the clamor for cost-effective and accelerated product development, the manufacturing sector is on a transition spree. Along the times of transition--the promise of the fourth industrial revolution--Industry 4.0, augments the physical-to-digital-to-physical connection with a slew of technologies, that bring in enormous advantages by incrementing business value and productivity across the manufacturing floor. The metamorphosis in the shop floor is profound with robots outnumbering humans, and Industrial Internet of Things' (IIoT) edge in enabling increased connectivity across the vast array of strategically installed smart sensors that relay vital data. With the ensuing big data analytics and intelligence, and the analysis of every process and equipment, the information-based economy is boosting operational efficiency manifold.Today, the manufacturing intelligence derivatives and machine learning technologies are instrumental in drastically reducing the production cycle time, allowing the advantages to sweep through to smarter supply chains, and processes. The real-time visibility of various machine and production process parameters, set the foundation for improved accuracy and quality, better planning and precision manufacturing.With analytics and business intelligence becoming mainstay, operational bottlenecks can be quickly ascertained to eliminate wastage of time, and resources. The intuitive BI software of today, can predict machine downtime, configure the shop floor, plan maintenance schedules or point out diverse parameters such as the supplier who is not effective across the value chain. The operational BI when integrated with ERP presents vital statistics across the enterprise--the resulting holistic advantage enhancing strategic decision making and fine-tuning the production processes down to a granular level. Though the advantages abound, questions still lurk on manufacturing intelligence and analytics and reporting tool's integration challenges with existing data sources, the associated initial cost and implementation complexities. This special edition features insightful articles and comprehensive solutions that integrate the latest technologies across the manufacturing intelligence ecosystem to deliver actionable information anchoring the competitive edge.Let us know your thoughts.Reordering the Production FacilityEditorialCopyright © 2016 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.September - 2016Mailing AddressValleyMedia, Inc. 44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.936.8381, F:510-894.8405 September - 2016, Vol 02- Issue 06 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to ManufacturingTechnology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Editor-in-ChiefLaura DavisEditorial StaffSalesVisualizerMichael WilliamsRuben Philipruben.s@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comAva GraciaEileen SinghJoshua ParkerMichelle WilsonPeter ThomasVivian MurrayTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSLaura DavisEditor-in-ChiefManufacturingTechnology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com
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