Tag: Manufacturing
ABB: IoT moves from business case to business benefits
In an exclusive interview with Internet of Business, ABB chief digital officer Guido Jouret describes a maturing IoT where business benefits and return on...
Hirotec slams the (car) door on factory downtime
It’s no secret that factory downtime – due to machinery failure, for example – is extremely costly. In the UK alone, it could be...
Machines to get better preventative healthcare than humans by 2020
A recent study has revealed that 75 percent of IT and field service decision makers believe that machines will receive better preventative healthcare than...
P4Q gets a helping hand on factory floor from Sawyer
Spanish electronics manufacturer P4Q has increased its production throughput by deploying a smart, adaptable robot on its factory floor.
Sawyer from Rethink Robotics is...
Why manufacturers should welcome the age of augmented reality
In a contributed article for Internet of Business, co-authors JP Provencher of PTC and Michael Chang of Factora dig down into how augmented reality could make vital factory work faster,...
Thingstream launches IoT Starter Kit for smart device makers
With a new bundle of hardware and software, Thingstream aims to give manufacturers everything they need to make dumb products smart.
Industrial IoT (IIoT) connectivity...
Toyota, Hitachi partner for smarter manufacturing
Toyota and Hitachi are collaborating to create a high-efficiency production model using an IoT platform.
Two of Japan's largest companies are joining forces to take...
CSAIL team pairs robots with VR for smart manufacturing
Telepresence robotics and virtual reality are two exciting technologies, and by combining the two in a relatively inexpensive way, engineers at MIT's Computer Science...
Oracle gives its cloud-based business apps an AI boost
Smart factories and connected warehouses are among the business functions set to benefit from new AI-powered Adaptive Intelligent Apps from Oracle.
Modern artificial intelligence (AI)...
Orange launches Live Booster for smart device makers
Orange launches new Live Booster programme so that smart device makers can buy electronics with connectivity and data packages already included.
The new programme from...
BT and Hitachi join forces to develop IoT products
UK-based telecommunications giant BT and Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate company Hitachi, are teaming up to develop industrial and enterprise Internet...
Chamberlain: Opening the doors to connected devices
Internet of Business speaks with Chamberlain CTO Mark Karasek about the processes and technologies that the company has used to build the ecosystem for...