GE Digital CTO on the future of industrial businesses in a COVID-19 world
Dr Colin Parris explains that GE Digital customers are already asking for more connectivity to machines and planning for a rocky recovery.
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Facing the uptime imperative – why preventative maintenance is crucial for uncertain times
At a time when uptime is even more precious than ever, businesses must get serious about preventative maintenance, writes Anurag Garg of Plex Systems
The critical role of IT in assuring food safety in pandemic times
COVID-19 associated stresses on the food supply and worries about food safety have heightened the importance of software systems (MES, like ERP) designed for food producers and distributors.
How COVID-19 spurred one manufacturer to roll out remote field service in days
Industrial climate control manufacturer Munters saw COVID-19 as the spur for strategic technology change that was already on the drawing board
UKBIC charges up for battery innovation with Infor and Forcam
The UK-based facility will be using Infor for ERP and Forcam for MES when it gets to work on designing, manufacturing and commercialising new battery technologies with its industrial partners.
Making sense of the "dynamic drop in global manufacturing" - behind Plex's aggregated global manufacturing data
In this diginomica exclusive, I go behind the numbers with Plex CTO Jerry Foster, who explains the context of Plex's aggregated manufacturing data. There is much to be concerned with here - but some early hopeful signs as well.
Retail warehouses - omni-channel fulfilment essential or Coronavirus breeding grounds?
As we're all told to shop online wherever possible, the role of the warehouse in e-commerce is all the more crucial. It's also currently subject to a lot of public health controversy,
How to address supply chain complexity in food & beverage (2/2)
Concluding this 2-part series, Infor’s Monica Truelsch explains how next-generation technologies can help food & beverage companies meet supply chain challenges
Noodle.ai's war on industrial supply chain waste - a lofty ambition or practical solution?
Noodle.ai saves money while helping reduce industrial waste. That's a net good. How does it work?
Smart factories - driving the automotive industry into the fast lane
Services giant Capgemini's latest study into smart automation focuses on the car industry.
MESTEC goes multi-cloud with Oracle and MSFT to become a SaaS provider in its own right
MESTEC provides execution systems for manufacturing companies that need to be more productive. But when it became a SaaS provider, it needed to turn to multi-cloud.
How to address supply chain complexity in food & beverage (1/2)
Unique and changing requirements in food and beverage create supply chain complexity. In a 2-part series, Infor's Monica Truelsch examines how to address the challenges
Lessons for enterprise from the scale modeling world - Part 2, where reality bites
In part one of this miniseries, I set out the scale modeling landscape in broad strokes. In this part I talk to how it works from a commercial perspective.
Behind the news - Plex's CEO on why their standalone cloud MES points to a best-of-breed SaaS enterprise
Plex's announcement of a standalone cloud MES took me by surprise. But the news also fuels the resurgence of the best-of-breed enterprise. Plex CEO Bill Berutti fielded my queries.
