Digital transformation involves the integration of digital technologies and the reimagining of business processes to enhance operations, improve customer experiences, and drive innovation. Digital ...

Product development, no matter the industry, is both an art and a science. Bringing a concept to life requires intensive research, ingenuity, risk-taking, iteration, testing, and a little magic. More ...

Data readiness is a critical constraint to digital thread implementation, with only 29 percent of respondents saying their enterprise data is standardized, governed and accessible, limiting ...

Identifying common obstacles and applying some proven strategies goes a long way toward making the digital thread a reality.

To survive in an increasingly digital world, the automotive industry needs to leverage digital thread — the seamless flow of information throughout the product lifecycle, connecting various data ...

John Clemons is a Solution Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He's been working in the field of Manufacturing Technology for over 30 years. Smart manufacturing is transforming manufacturing back into ...

A high-end construction equipment manufacturer unifies previously siloed processes and manual hand-offs with a digital approach that supports concurrent engineering and manufacturing planning, ...

Sustainability has long been a spoken ideal in the manufacturing world, but the complexities and costs associated with it have deterred many producers from updating their workflows. Now, however, ...

As explained in the Automation World feature on the digital thread, though definitions of this technology concept may differ depending on the provider or manufacturing end user you’re speaking with, ...

Analyst Insight: In order to support their sustainability efforts, industrial companies must learn to overcome three interconnected challenges: driving sustainability, ensuring compliance and ...

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the foundation on which companies build and support the products they make. It oversees a product’s engineering plans, the manufacturing instructions, and its ...