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Panasonic Touts Industry 4.0 Software
Greater visualization and analytics
Eaton Accelerates Use of Industry 4.0 Tech in Wake of COVID-19
Making the most of emerging manufacturing technologies to improve efficiencies during the pandemic
Mercedes Launches Extensive Digital Production Platform
Company plans to achieve 15% efficiency improvement through connecting sensors—and everything in between—to the Cloud
Nissan Manufacturing Wish List
What are the sorts of things that people at Nissan North American manufacturing ops are looking for?
Ensuring Manufacturing Safety Using Digitalized Production Design
How manufacturers must configure their operations to address the impact of COVID-19
Tools You Can Use
Here are a few useful developments for your manufacturing operations, whether it is making components for electrical systems or camshafts or more.
Audi and Capgemini Launch Digital Consulting Firm
Making a digital transformation is becoming increasingly essential and this joint venture is meant to address that—but who will be the customers?
How Mitsubishi Electric Automotive Wants to Improve Your Autonomous Driving Experience
Tech developments just aren’t about sensors and processors but what people will actually do in an autonomous vehicle.
Tiptoeing into Industry 4.0
Developers are making it easier to get started.
IoT Tracking Improves In-Bound Logistics for PSA
Groupe PSA is implementing Track&Trace, a system that enables their shipping containers—inbound, from suppliers to factories—to be tracked over a digital network in real time.
VW Connects with Amazon and Siemens on Manufacturing
Amazon is increasing its penetration into the auto industry not just through things like Alexa and its multi-million-dollar investment in EV developer Rivian, but also with its Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will be used for its “Volkswagen Industrial Cloud,” which will combine the data from all of the machinery and equipment in the company’s 122 facilities.
Manufacturing Execution in the Age of IoT
The latest wave of manufacturing execution systems takes advantage of the Internet of Things, leading to simpler and faster implementations and truly real-time data analysis, decision-making, and problem resolution.
Hacking Industry 4.0
The danger in Industrial Internet of Things technology is that data so conveniently shared can also be stolen or corrupted.
Another Major Autonomous Venture Announced Today
It’s called “MONET Technologies Corporation” and it is a joint venture company that is focused on “new mobility services,” a.k.a., “Mobility as a Service” (MaaS), services that will be initially rolled out in Japan starting in the next decade, including autonomous services.
SAE and Autonomy
Autonomous driving is one of those things that everyone has an opinion about but with which they have little first-hand experience.
China IoT Firm Buys Controlling Stake in Nissan Battery Venture
Shanghai-based Envision Group is acquiring a controlling stake in Nissan Motor Co.’s Automotive Energy Supply Corp. (AESC), which supplies lithium-ion batteries for the carmaker’s electric vehicles.
Wind River: Simplifying the Connected Car
Wind River Systems Inc.’s software for the Internet of Things is a natural fit for the auto industry’s move into advanced driver assist features and autonomous driving, says Peter Brown, chief automotive architect.
The Network and the Sensor
The smart-factory world of digital manufacturing is coming, and manufacturing-technology developers are eager to help you be ready.
Bosch Adds SPLT: The Supplier Gains Mobility Service Capability
Bosch, the supplier that is probably most familiar to people in the auto industry for its products including antilock braking systems and fuel injectors, is entering the ridesharing business.
Toyota, Hitachi Team Up on Internet of Things
Toyota Motor Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. plan to jointly create a new production system based on an Internet of Things (IoT) platform.
Introducing “IoT Platforms”: Comparing IoT Platforms
Last month, an article introduced the latest “platform” on the factory floor: the Internet of Things (IoT) platform. Here is what these platforms comprise.
Auto & Creative Destruction
“Creative destruction,” or “schöpferische Zerstörung,” is an idea from Joseph Schumpeter, an Austrian-American economist, who had it that there are profound changes that occur when there are new product and process innovations.
Introducing “IoT Platforms”: What is IoT?
The latest “platform” for factory floor applications is aimed at the Internet of Things (IoT). Here’s why this platform is important and what it comprises.