Articles tagged as data-driven manufacturing

The Next Manufacturing Advantage: From Products to Intelligent, Connected Services
· Hybrid Manufacturing

The Next Manufacturing Advantage: From Products to Intelligent, Connected Services

Servitization, the shift from selling equipment to delivering ongoing outcomes, is redefining manufacturing competition. Service contracts can deliver margins of 25% or more, compared to roughly 10% on new equipment sales. According to McKinsey, OEMs with strong service offerings achieve total shareholder return twice that of their peers.Why Is Manufacturing Changing Now?Manufacturing is changing because […]

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Why Time-Series Data Is Manufacturing’s Most Underused Asset
· Industrial IoT

Why Time-Series Data Is Manufacturing’s Most Underused Asset

Time-series data is manufacturing’s most underused asset. Every machine produces continuous signals: vibration signatures, torque readings, and temperature curves. These signals can reveal what will happen, including what happened. Yet most plants aggregate this data into averages, store it in silos, or discard it entirely, losing the granularity that predictive models depend on.Yet most plants […]

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A Guide to Manufacturing Data Analytics – Why Manufacturers Need a Modern Data Platform
· Analytics

A Guide to Manufacturing Data Analytics – Why Manufacturers Need a Modern Data Platform

In the age of digital transformation, data is more than a byproduct—it’s a powerful asset. But most manufacturers are sitting on untapped potential. This white paper from Critical Manufacturing explores how modern data platforms, combined with MES systems, are reshaping industrial operations—from the shop floor to executive decision-making.Readers will gain a clear understanding of how “dark data”—the 60–90% […]

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How Data is Rebuilding Manufacturing from the Edge Up
· Discrete Manufacturing

How Data is Rebuilding Manufacturing from the Edge Up

The factory of the future is not being built from the cloud down; it is being rebuilt from the edge up. In this article, IIoT World explores how modern edge data architectures are fundamentally changing manufacturing operations by enabling real-time analytics, energy optimization, and predictive maintenance at the point of production. Rather than routing every […]

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