The Hidden Advantage of Generative AI in Manufacturing: Speed, Not Just Smarts
For manufacturers, generative AI isn’t just about prediction—it’s about eliminating bottlenecks in model creation and deployment.While predictive maintenance and quality optimization often dominate the conversation around AI in manufacturing, a more transformative shift is quietly underway: AI…
How Virtual PLCs Are Changing the Way Factories Operate
Manufacturers are moving control systems off physical hardware and into virtual environments to reduce downtime, lower costs, and respond faster to production needs.As industrial automation evolves, more manufacturers are looking to virtualization—not just for analytics and…
How Oil & Gas Operators Are Enabling Remote-First, Low-Touch Operations
A Practical Shift Toward Remote OperationsOil and gas operators are increasingly transitioning to remote-first infrastructures. With mature IIoT platforms, edge AI, and automation, facilities are now being managed with minimal on-site personnel—especially offshore. This isn’t a…
The AI Gap: Can Manufacturing Keep Up With the Pace of Innovation?
AI is moving faster than most industries can digest. According to data cited during a recent IIoT World session, AI capability is now doubling every 3.5 months—a 100x improvement in a single year. That’s not evolution; that’s…
How Generative AI Is Solving the Manufacturing Skills Gap
The manufacturing skills gap is no longer a looming crisis; it is a present reality. As experienced workers retire and skilled talent becomes harder to find, manufacturers need solutions that scale faster than traditional training programs.The…
The Startup Edge: How a New Generation of Innovators Is Rewiring Smart Manufacturing
You can tell something’s shifting in manufacturing—not by the headlines, but by the way small teams are solving problems that used to be ignored. At IIoT World’s Manufacturing Day in May 2025, a group of founders…
From Pilots to Progress: How Manufacturers Can Scale MES and Industry 4.0 Initiatives the Right Way
At the MES & Industry 4.0 event in Porto, Jeff Winter, VP of Business Strategy at Critical Manufacturing, outlined a practical roadmap for manufacturers ready to move beyond experimentation and into scalable transformation.Start with a Purpose-Built…
A Source of Industry Inspiration: Inside Škoda Auto’s Manufacturing Transformation
Interview with Andreas Dick, Member of the Board for Production & Logistics at Škoda AutoŠkoda Auto, a Volkswagen Group brand, was founded in 1895—making it one of the oldest car manufacturers still in operation today. This…
Aligning People, Data, and Priorities: A Real-World Strategy for Scaling Digital Manufacturing
At the MES & Industry 4.0 Summit in Porto, May Yap, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Jabil, offered a clear message for manufacturers navigating global digital transformation: technology isn’t the hard part—alignment is.Across dozens…
Rethinking MES Architecture for the Age of AI and Edge Computing
Traditional Manufacturing Execution Systems were designed for a world where data flowed in one direction, from the shop floor up to enterprise dashboards, in batch intervals measured in minutes or hours. That architecture cannot support the…