Designing and operating conventional simulation and digital twin models is a time-consuming process that includes the following steps: Dragging and dropping objects from pre-built libraries Defining the operational behavior of each object according to its...
Read MoreIndustry 4.0 is causing a convergence of manufacturing processes and software in the industrial sector. This convergence is expected to provide manufacturing enterprises with the tools to implement diverse Industry 4.0 business models including condition...
Read MoreWhen many of you hear the word Digital Twin, you generally associate it with a digital representation of a machine or physical asset. However, this is just one subset or application of it. At Simio,...
Read MoreA functional and highly flexible supply chain is crucial to meeting manufacturing deadlines and optimizing production cycles. Approximately 79% of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve increased revenue growth when compared to the average within...
Read MoreThe introduction of lean manufacturing models, Six Sigma, Heijunka, and digital transformation initiatives all have one thing in common - reducing operational costs to maximize productivity. To successfully implement these cost-reducing models requires the use...
Read MoreThe future of work is automating repetitive, time-consuming tasks or activities. Digital transformation solutions and artificial intelligence (AI) provide a pathway to intelligently automating workflows and driving autonomous decision making. The Digital Twin is a...
Read MoreAt the height of the pandemic, access to protective equipment such as masks and gloves, and the availability of test kits to improve tracing was at an all-time low. In a bid to secure citizens,...
Read MoreThe manufacturing industry is known for the large data sets it produces. These data sets include both structured and unstructured data from production processes and for a long time they went uncollected until the advent...
Read MoreImplementing digital transformation processes within the manufacturing industry has been an ongoing process for approximately three decades. First, manufacturers utilized digitization to collect data for storage purposes before moving on to more complex applications. Optimizing...
Read MoreThe widespread adoption of Industry 4.0 business concepts shows that the future of business operations is automation. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) borrows a leaf from the automation playbook of Industry 4.0 because it involves the...
Read MoreThere’s nothing certain but the uncertain. This ancient proverb coined the events that happened in 2020 and its effects which continue to spill over till this day. In manufacturing, a pandemic, drastic change to decades-old...
Read MoreDuring the financial crisis of 2009, the United States’ largest automobile manufacturer, General Motors, filed for bankruptcy. According to the Harvard Business Review, the reasons gives included making cars no one wanted, slowness to innovate,...
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