Expanding the use of MES
Until now, MES solutions have mostly run in the localized environment of a production plant. But why not expand the field of application using the cloud and also support use by customers in the field?
read more...read more...Large quantities instead of diversification
With Dell EMC, a traditional IT manufacturer is taking on the challenge of gaining a foothold in a largely saturated and extremely divergent industrial PC market. Andreas Ertel, Solution Consultant at Dell OEM, explains why they are taking this step.
read more...The principle of 'Areas of Responsibility'
Automation projects are becoming increasingly complex and costly. Efficient collaboration between programmers from different disciplines will therefore be of central importance in the future.
read more...Downtimes at a glance
To increase output, the Austrian mineral water bottler Vöslauer relies on a transparency-creating MES solution. The process-oriented system logs every unplanned stop that lasts longer than ten minutes - with only two tapped data sources.
read more...Software stack for embedded vision
Xilinx has introduced the reVision software stack to make it easier for developers to enter the embedded vision sector. Nick Ni from Xilinx explains in the video what is possible with it.
read more...Tracing of individual parts
Industrie Informatik presents the new Cronetwork single-part tracking function for seamless recording and tracking of individual parts in the production process.
read more...Reduce the error rate
Copa-Data shows that modern paper-on-glass technology offers many advantages. The Zenon software's Smart Checklist not only makes the work of production staff easier and reduces the error rate.
read more...IT developments in the spotlight
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research and Deutsche Messe AG have presented the Cebit Innovation Award, worth a total of 100,000 euros. The award went to outstanding innovative and application-oriented IT developments.
read more...Start-up competition / Cebit 2017
Zypries honors digital innovations
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Brigitte Zypries honored innovative ideas from the field of information and communication technology at the 'Digital Innovations Start-up Competition' at Cebit 2017. Computer&AUTOMATION shows the developments of the 20 start-ups in a picture gallery.
read more...Turning old into 'smart'
The obstacle many companies face when switching to Industry 4.0: existing machinery that cannot be networked. However, there are now elegant solutions for integrating machines into Industry 4.0 scenarios.
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