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Forming Technology (FTI) is a provider of manufacturing software solutions designed to reduce the development time and material costs of sheet metal components.

The market increasingly demands individualized products. Product life cycles are getting shorter and average lot sizes are getting smaller. Considering this, cost efficient production in a globalized and resource limited environment requires a highly flexible (IT-) infrastructure that also works well in cross-enterprise networks. It requires a reshaped automation data pyramid.

Siemens’ software solutions are replacing the legacy system of German automotive supplier Bosch in its Electrical Drives division.

By Manjish Naik, Meridium Use high accuracy metrics or sufficiently-good data to analyze asset performance as far as it will allow, while you keep improving processes and the quality of the rest of your data to make it sufficiently good.

Implico is integrating OpenTAS software with SAP and field equipment at six tank farms and a refinery.

Powerstorm ESS develops and manufactures smart energy storage solutions for electric grid, backup power and lead-acid replacement applications.

Prior to adopting Omnify Software, Oztek utilized a manual, paper-based Engineering Change Order (ECO) system to track parts.

The app sends real-time plant performance and notifications direct to smartphones, giving managers real-time information at their fingertips

Schneider Electric will be delivering Dream Report for CitectHistorian as a branded solution for plant reporting.

MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) International has identified Savigent Software as a MESA-Recognized Business.

BP will use SimSci Spiral Suite software across its global refinery portfolio.

Industrial Evolution is a provider of cloud-based plant data sharing services.

By Martyn Williams, COPA-DATA UK IIoT is a concept that has intrigued industry for several years now, but much like the human brain, is not yet fully understood.

By Robert Golightly, AspenTech By identifying and adopting best practices and implementing collaborative and integrated technology into the business, companies can readily transfer vital knowledge across the operation from equipment engineering to process engineering, which ensures continuous improvement initiatives.

Nyrstar will initially implement Honeywell’s Production Accounting and Reconciliation (PAR) at its site in Balen, Belgium, before rolling out to its other sites around the world.

Informatica, Splunk, and ThingWorx are among alliance members committed to meeting market potential for Internet of Things (IoT) with industrial automation data.

PrismTech has about 70 employees with a very experienced software team, pioneering the development and implementation of Data Distribution Software (DDS) standards for the IoT.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Manufacturing management and industry experts generally agree that further efficiency improvements require the integration of IT and OT. Users participating in Rockwell Automation Perspectives panel discussions, half of which had IT and business background rather than industrial automation, share perspectives from their integration journeys.

Werum’s PAS-X MES went live at the Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s (GPO) manufacturing site in Rangsit, Thailand.

MES helps medical device manufacturer save 300+ man-hours a year, drive continuous improvements, maintain compliance, and achieve ROI in 10 months.