MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE: POWERED BY INDUSTRY 4.0

Northampton, MA—September 22, 2020— MachineMetrics and Fiix have announced a new partnership between MachineMetrics’ cutting-edge manufacturing IoT platform and Fiix’s industry-leading maintenance platform that enables businesses to drive turnkey automated maintenance solutions with real-time data from their production equipment. “MachineMetrics is the machine data component of the digital factory. Now, together with Fiix, manufacturers can leverage real-time data from our...

What Is Industry 4.0 Technology? Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is all about making business smarter and more automated. Where the Third Industrial Revolution focused on switching mechanical and analog processes to digital ones, the Fourth Industrial Revolution focuses on deepening the impact of our digital technologies by making our machines more self-sufficient, able to “talk” to one another, and to consider massive amounts of data in ways...

What got you here will not get you where you are going. This saying may be the key to understanding the difference in adopting and scaling technology. Executives have seen how integrating new technology such as AI and IoT adds value but miss milestones and ROI estimates. The following will review how executives can leverage machine data for business intelligence to reach that next step.   Problems with Scaling Pilot Projects One of the current drivers in manufacturing is...

An Intro to Industrial Connectivity What is happening today that is driving industrial connectivity? In the wake of Industry 4.0, the world demands faster productivity, higher quality, increased transparency, and unprecedented operational efficiency. With automation on the rise, factory floors are filled with more assets, equipment, and machines than ever before—and all of these must work in unison and to a high standard. Without industrial connectivity, modern factory...

Introduction: A Dissection of the Previous Few Months No one could have really predicted the effects of coronavirus on our society writ large at the beginning of this year. This is evidenced in historic stock-market volatility (usually indicating unprecedented levels of uncertainty), rapidly changing policy decisions (as we struggle to respond to changes in the technical milieu of the day), and an ever more aggravated political climate. As we approach the Fall, with schools...

Summary: IoT benefits companies in the manufacturing vertical by reducing costs associated with unexpected downtime, creating a digital twin that can be used to track assets and perform complex simulations, improve worker safety and satisfaction while offering deep, actionable insights into process and equipment improvements. IoT can also empower manufacturing companies with agility and resilience so they can keep thriving, no matter what.   Saving Money and Making Money...

OEMs producing the equipment that the medical device engineering community rely on generally make use of legacy systems that have functioned for decades. Statistics show that approximately 30 to 40% of the equipment on today's shop floors are legacy assets. Therefore, making the move to a smart facility through digital transformation initiatives comes with the challenge of bringing these legacy systems along for the ride.  Industry 4.0 encapsulates the benefits that come...

The fourth industrial age is here to stay and an expected 5-10% increase in productivity is just one of the many wins for the manufacturing industry. Manufacturers of heavy-duty equipment used by the medical technology industry are also expected to reap the rewards of digital transformation.  The business models that digital transformation supports include condition-based monitoring, predictive maintenance, asset performance management, remote machine monitoring, data-driven...

The concept of Industry 4.0 is driving digital transformation in a variety of industries, including for medical device original equipment manufacturers. Within the medical device production industry, the focus on discrete manufacturers has left many asking the question: where will enterprises that produce the equipment medical device manufacturers use, find information about applying digital transformation models to solve its problems? To answer this dilemma, an...

At the end of the day manufacturing is all about numbers. While some companies are still manually reporting data, others are adopting new autonomous technology to improve production throughput. However, with many companies failing to reach desired ROIs with new technology, it is time to check the numbers and understand what affects manufacturing throughput. The following presents how to find pain points and solutions to increase production throughput and drive key...