Augmented reality (AR) delivers measurable gains for industrial companies by equipping frontline workers with real-time information through smart glasses. According to Brian Ballard, CEO of Upskill, AR technology at Boeing drove a 25-percent improvement in production…
Industrial manufacturers seeking market-share growth must help distributors reinvent into lean distribution organizations. Lean distribution is a model that is highly focused on product selling, sales growth, and adding new customers, while reducing reliance on inventory,…
Drones serve as the aerial eye of the construction jobsite, helping field engineers survey sites, perform cut-and-fill analysis, and monitor project progress faster than traditional workflows allow. PCL Construction, for example, captured an entire Florida jobsite…
Industrial manufacturers who rely on independent distributors to sell electrical, electronic, and hydraulic products face a sales channel in crisis. Distributor gross profit margins, which averaged 23 to 27% for many years, are falling. Faded product…
Ben Wolff, Chairman and CEO of Sarcos, describes the current moment in industrial robotics as a "Golden Age," driven by advances in computer vision, artificial intelligence, edge computing, and falling hardware costs. Robots are moving beyond…
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) poses direct questions for ICS cybersecurity standards. The ISA99 committee, which governs the ISA and IEC 62443 series, has identified over 500 normative security requirements, with at least 125 addressing…
Joseph Weiss is an industry expert on control systems and electronic security of control systems, with more than 40 years of experience in the energy industry. Mr. Weiss spent more than 14 years at the Electric…
Securing Industrial IoT (IIoT) is harder than securing traditional IT systems because IIoT devices, which include Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Operational Technology (OT), building automation, sensors, and embedded systems, follow no single security standard. They often…
What Are Digital Twins? A digital twin is a digital representation of a physical object. Simple cases involve sensor readings such as temperature or RPMs, while complex cases cover expensive capital assets including diesel engines, turbines,…
Saar Yoskovitz, an avid entrepreneur, has extensive experience in machine learning, signal processing algorithms and system architecture. Prior to founding Augury, Saar worked as an analog architect at Intel. Saar holds a Bachelor of Science in…
Juan José is an IoT enthusiast and content writer for Ubidots, an Internet of Things platform that enables thousands of makers and companies to prototype and scale their own IoT projects. Juan enjoys getting lost a…
Suman has several years of B2B marketing experience across various functions including Product Marketing, Content Marketing, Competitive Intelligence and Campaign Management. As a global product marketing manager at Fujitsu Technology Solutions, he is responsible for Fujitsu's…