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An understanding of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Industry 4.0 energy efficiency is an invaluable metric for predicting and understanding the ROI of new technologies

IT/OT convergence is as much about change management as it is connectivity - breaking down silos and deliberately creating cross-functional teams

Two protocols – PROFINET and EtherNet/IP – are compatible with virtually all Industry 4.0 and IoT applications. Which is best for you?

Focusing on digital transformation in manufacturing opens significant opportunities for growth, improved profitability and enhanced resilience. This post gives you some talking points to help counter common obstacles and objections.

Learn all about digital transformation from ISA experts, and get some valuable takeaways that will help advance your career in automation engineering.

The new dedicated space allows Siemens, Deloitte and other collaborators to bring suppliers and customers together to work towards engineering excellence.

AI-as-a-Service solutions can work to dissolve barriers to digital transformation.

Engineers have always pushed for more measurements of a process since they allow for greater control. Accountants feel the exact same way.

AutoML is the next step for the process industry, taking advantage of operational data and SMEs for a more automated future.

For a company willing to start digital transformation, it is paramount to assess readiness and maturity.

New methods brought on by the Fourth Industrial Revolution have either hypercharged previous QC/QA methods or brought on completely new ones.

Significant transformational change requires system analysis to integrate IT, OT, automation and controls to achieve efficient and responsive synchronized production. This feature originally appeared in InTech magazine's August issue, a special edition from ISA's Smart Manufacturing and IIoT Division.

Smart manufacturing promises improved performance through the digital transformation of manual and mechanical systems, and the further integration of automated systems with business systems and advanced technologies. This feature originally appeared in InTech magazine's August issue, a special edition from ISA's Smart Manufacturing and IIoT Division.

In smart factories, manufacturers must protect their intellectual property from those who would compromise and misuse it.

For a company willing to start digital transformation, it is paramount to assess readiness and maturity. This feature originally appeared in InTech magazine's August issue, a special edition from ISA's Smart Manufacturing and IIoT Division.

This article highlights one of the critical pillars of Industry 4.0–the smart factory.

It’s possible to upgrade older equipment and modernize it for the challenges and opportunities of the day.

Two primary calculations that are used in organizations are the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and the profit equation.

Increased connectivity creates increased risks.