Tracking and tracing: two sides of the same coin
Tracking and tracing:two sides of the same coin Traceability, as well as being a legal requirement in certain sectors, is a valuable support for companies operating in the manufacturing sector as it enables them to manage efficiently and transparent the entire production chain. Usually the term tracking and tracing …
MES software for Industry 4.0
MES software forIndustry 4.0 The term Industrie 4.0 was used for the first time in 2011 in Germany to indicate the use of IoT technologies, the Internet of Things, within the manufacturing processes and the will of the German government to create the Smart Factory or a factory characterized by high adaptation capacity, resource efficiency, …
Industry 4.0: manufacturing efficiency&machine learning
Industry 4.0: improve manufacturing efficiency through machine learning With the digitization and the integration of manufactuirng processes incentivized by Industry 4.0 plan, companies began to have access to huge amounts of data (big data). In fact, different platforms are spreading that allow to acquire and historicize huge amounts of data. …
How to digitize manufacturing processes?
How to digitize manufacturing processes? For many companies, the purchase of advanced and interconnected workstations for automatizing the production constitutes an unsustainable spending. In many cases this transformation concerns manufacturing plants with obsolete technologies that are most difficult to replace quickly. For these reasons, many companies prefer to …
Lean Manufacturing or advanced information systems?
Less (waste) is better is the slogan of Lean Manufacturing and More (data) is better is the slogan of information systems. For over twenty years Lean Manufacturing and information systems were considered two antithetical approaches. The Lean Manufacturing approach focuses on the optimization of flows (materials and information) that cross …
Why should you use the Bluetooth in the Industry 4.0?
Why should you use the Bluetooth in the Industry 4.0? Bluetooth Low Energy is one of key elements of IoT technologies (Internet of Things), and it’s massively used to connect the mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with everyday accessories such as headsets, smartwatch, fitness tracker, smartband… On …
Integrated logistics to be competitive: how to get it?
Integrated logistics to be competitive: how to get it? Logistics is in charge of the management of material and information flows that cross the business system. Logistics costs occupy a pivotal role in the allocation of total business costs. Consider logistics as a cross-sectional and integrated process with manufacturing and management …
The factory: a speaking entity thanks to beacon devices
The factory:a speaking entity thanks to beacon devices Beacons are small wireless transmitters with low energy consumption, thanks to a Bluetooth Low Energy, BLE, or Bluetooth 4.0 connection. They can signal their presence to devices such as smartphones or tablets with a dedicated beacon-ready application. This new type of hardware …
Is it always convenient to adopt open source technology?
Is it always convenient to adopt open source technology? || The spread of open source technology and of electronic cards, easy to configure and assemble, has implemented the scope of application of electronic prototypes making them accessible to makers and hobbyists. The reasons for this success are to be …
Lean Office
Lean Office full version || The principles of Lean Manufacturing or Lean Production can be applied to productive, administrative and managing processes in order to improve efficiency, and therefore competitiveness on multiple fronts. Applying this methodology within the management offices can be very difficult because you have to analyze a workflow that generates an …