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Advances in plant fl oor connectivity and increased availability of real-time data through Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms is putting a fresh face on OEE by expanding access to real-time and enterprise system data that can deliver additional context and insights to improve OEE scores.
Beth Stackpole on OEE as a continuous improvement tool.
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) recently reported that food and consumer goods companies are among the fastest-growing sectors for robot orders, with purchases up 29% in 2021 from 2020. Also, Automation World parent organization PMMI has released a report that shows cobot use among CPG manufacturers is expected to at least double in the next fi ve years.
David Greenfi eld on palletizing robots and the growth of robot use in the CPG industries.
UniversalAutomation promotes portability and reusability of hardware-independent software components that can be plugged together to build applications that are distributed to the hardware architecture of choice, as defi ned by the user.
Stephanie Neil on Schneider Electric’s open automation journey.
Too often organizations focus on increasing sales revenue or reducing product cost. This concentration of e ort leaves a great deal of the customer experience unexplored. Revenue management focuses on the profi tability of existing and new sales by understanding what segments customers value, are willing to pay for, and how the organization can adapt itself and customer behavior to meet those needs profi tably.
Larry White on revenue management for manufacturers.
Quality management leaders must nurture a culture of quality in their organizations to have a chance at the meaningful transformation that a Quality 4.0 initiative should bring. This also will help defeat the perception that quality is synonymous with policing.
