SEPTEMBER 20176 MANUFACTURINGTECHNOLOGYINSIGHTS What if one can see and respond to manufacturing issues from anywhere and at any time? Imagine improving margins by spending less, working faster, and streamlining the entire production cycle--from research and development to cost and quality management. Envision the ability to align manufacturing with the value chain and create integrated production plans, schedules, and demand-driven execution more efficiently. Finally, these ideas have taken shape into reality with manufacturing intelligence. In an era where manufacturing is embracing industry 4.0 concepts, smart manufacturing with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is changing the way the whole product life cycle operates. IIoT has come a long way since its inception, creating fully-integrated, collaborative manufacturing systems that efficiently cater to the requirements and challenges on the shop floor and supply network in real time. The time is not far when digital automation and IIoT will become a necessity to compete in this demanding market.That's not all. From digital scheduling, machining, and controlling to diagnosis, process planning, and maintenance, manufacturing intelligence is approaching the perfection with artificial intelligence and computing intelligence methods at the helm. Factory environments are also leveraging advancements in virtual reality, robotics, cloud computing, and smart sensors to enable communication amongst machine, convert data, track and analyze production thresholds, and much more, all at the touch of fingertips, in real-time. Using these tools, companies are creating models of predictive maintenance wherein data garnered from augmented and virtual reality, as well as customer feedback is used significantly to cut down on costs and drive innovation.Building the Factory of the FutureEditorialSEPTEMBER - 25 - 2017Manufacturing Intelligence SpecialTECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSLaura DavisEditor-in-ChiefManufacturingTechnology InsightsWrite to useditor@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com Editor-in-ChiefLaura DavisVisualizerMichael WilliamsSalesLawrence Tse lawrence@manufacturingtechnologyinsights.comT:510.402.1464Editorial StaffAva Gracia Kyle SummersPeter ThomasVivian MurrayCopyright © 2017 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.Mailing AddressValleyMedia, Inc. 44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.936.8381, F:510-894.8405 September - 25 - 2017, Vol 03- Issue 06 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to ManufacturingTechnology InsightsVisit www.manufacturingtechnologyinsights.com TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTS*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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