Imagine the day when the packaging machine on the plant floor automatically detects that it needs more materials and it alerts the supplier—ordering and paying for product and scheduling delivery, all ...

The smart factory is no longer defined solely by automation, but by intelligence embedded throughout the system.

Factory Automation encompasses the manufacturing and/or assembly of parts and subsystems to produce a product by passing it through a series of individual machines or work cells. Sometimes called ...

Though manufacturers have been collecting information from across the manufacturing floor for decades, the cost of implementing smart sensors has gone down significantly in recent years. Meanwhile, ...

The next industrial revolution is upon us, as Industry 4.0 brings in a new wave of connected manufacturers and smart factories. Industry 4.0 is a current trend in manufacturing that involves a ...

Sensors, computer vision models, and artificial intelligence have combined to help CEAT Tyres’ Chennai factory reduce defects, waste and energy use, and improve labour and machine efficiency. The ...