At a time when Industry 4.0 conversations dominate industrial trade shows and boardrooms alike, many manufacturers still miss the mark. The problem isn’t the technology. It’s how it’s being approached. Jeff Winter, a well-known voice in…
Artificial intelligence dominates manufacturing strategy conversations, yet most industrial AI projects stall before they deliver measurable value. The missing ingredient is almost always the same: reliable, contextualized data flowing from IoT sensors, PLCs, and edge devices…
At Hannover Messe 2025, the conversation around digital transformation in manufacturing felt more urgent than ever. But amid the excitement, Stephen Graham, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Nexus, offered a grounded reminder: for small…
What does it take to make digital transformation stick—beyond pilots, platforms, and buzzwords? At Hannover Messe 2025, the conversation around industrial transformation reached a new level of clarity—and urgency. From AI and agentic automation to modular…
Industrial AI is rapidly shifting from pilot programs to production-grade deployments, and the factory edge is where that shift matters most. In this guide, IIoT World examines the current state of AI at the edge of…
Many manufacturers invest heavily in new technology yet still struggle to close the competitiveness gap with industry leaders. The reasons are rarely obvious; they hide in organizational silos, legacy system architectures, workforce skill deficits, and fragmented…
Every major initiative in smart manufacturing, from predictive maintenance to AI-driven quality control, depends on one foundational capability: reliable, real-time access to industrial data. Yet many organizations invest heavily in analytics tools and dashboards only to…
At Hannover Messe 2025, I sat down with Mathias Oppelt, Vice President and Head of Customer-Driven Innovation at Siemens Digital Industries, to explore what manufacturers really want from digital transformation—and what’s still holding many of them back. The…
At Hannover Messe 2025, InfluxData CEO Evan Kaplan and HighByte CPO John Harrington discuss how manufacturers are shifting from data collection to data intelligence and what’s required to support that transformation. Below are the most important…
Circular manufacturing, the practice of designing products and production systems to eliminate waste, extend asset life, and recover materials at end of use, is moving from aspirational concept to operational imperative. Regulatory pressure, raw material volatility,…
Energy consumption is one of the most underutilized data streams in industrial maintenance, yet it often provides the earliest and most reliable signal that equipment is beginning to fail. Energy-centric predictive maintenance flips the traditional approach…
At Hannover Messe 2025, Critical Manufacturing will spotlight how next-generation Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) can move manufacturers beyond incremental gains—toward measurable, transformative outcomes. As a recognized leader in MES by IDC MarketScape and a subsidiary of…