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Industrial Internet of Things   Data is ubiquitous. Continuous improvements in sensors, microprocessors and other technologies have accelerated the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), with more instrumentation, automation, and mobile devices generating ever-increasing volumes of data within industrial environments. Making smarter and faster decisions to improve the design, execution, and operation of an industrial facility…

Digital representations of physical products are coming to life. Here’s how to make them work for you. Industrial companies around the world rely on digital tools to turn ideas into physical products for their customers. These tools have become increasingly more powerful, flexible, and sophisticated since the 1960s and 1970s, when computers first began replacing…

Improvements in data and process management—mapping, cleaning up, standardizing, optimizing and so on—impact every part of the extended enterprise. All digital processes and tasks, no matter what they are intended to achieve, are a series of activities where data is received, created, updated, modified and then sent on its way. In today’s digital environment, these…

Using modeling and simulation (MODSIM) tools, OEM engineers can successfully create and validate products in a unique, integrated and digitally connected environment. Current market dynamics, government regulations, increasing customer expectations and the need for vehicle platforms that accommodate legacy and new propulsion technologies have created challenging OEM product development timelines. In this environment, it is…

Digital Thread Recap: What Is It? In essence, the digital thread is a chart, or a map, of decisions that looks like a web. In a recent CIMdata educational webinar, my colleague Tom Gill pointed out that a digital thread or digital web must effectively connect data and processes so that digital twins can be…

Use of virtual manufacturing networks has potential to lead to greater agility and resilience in the long run. Growing demands for shorter order-completion cycles, greater customization and more small-batch options are compromising small and medium-sized manufacturers’ abilities to accept production orders. To stay competitive and maintain their profitability, companies have started adopting a strategy called…