Whether they call it Industry 4.0 or “smart” manufacturing, experts worldwide are focused on how to extract data from intelligent machines and then analyse it to improve both their products and the processes used to create them.
Benefits include improved efficiencies and reduced costs, plus the ability to quickly respond to market trends with personalised solutions. In the race to Industry 4.0, many manufacturers are tripping over data silos. Although state-of-the art when installed, data in any of these ageing legacy systems must typically be re-created in one or more of the…
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