Software & Digital Solutions

Chinese factories make up a third of the "manufacturing lighthouses," or principal drivers for adopting new technology in the fourth Industrial Revolution, according to a list by the World Economic Forum and management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. These advances in smart manufacturing should be encouraging for China, but the country already is undermining them.

Wintriss Controls Group has announced ShopFloorConnect 6.0 OEE and Shop Floor Data Collection Software. ShopFloorConnect gathers production data from every machine in the factory, displays the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in real-time and produces detailed analytics, including comprehensive OEE reports in a variety of formats. The software can significantly increase manufacturing capacity and profitability by identifying and quantifying excessive production losses and bottlenecks.

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA – SA International (SAi), a provider of software solutions for the signmaking, digital printing and CNC machining industries, has announced the promotion of Gudrun Bonte to VP Product Management.

Manufacturers' most valuable data is generated daily on shop floors, bringing with it the challenge of analyzing it to find prescriptive insights fast. This is an ideal problem for machine learning to solve.

Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division launched PC-DMIS 2019 R1, the latest edition of the popular measurement software. This is the first of two major releases scheduled for 2019, with continued service pack updates to ensure maximum reliability of the platform.

To address the often-vexing questions about Industry 4.0, there is a new smart Manufacturing blog named Ask the Machine Whisperer? This blog is intended to educate the manufacturing community about all things DNC, machine monitoring and IT networking. The blog is interactive, as there is a dedicated page where readers get to ask their own questions of Steven "the Machine Whisperer" Anderson.

MachiningCloud hosts and maintains seamless, instant access to manufacturer product data across virtually every cutting tool market.

Realtrac Shop Management Software helped Sidley Diamond Tool decrease production times, deliver on schedule, and increase profits by 10%.

When Bob Warfield of the CNCCookbook blog surveyed his readers about what endmills they use, he said there were way more than 100 brands represented. This video is all about understanding what's different about an expensive endmill versus a cheap one. Bob also addresses the question of whether premium endmills are worth the price.

Avon Machining LLC in Shelby Township, Michigan, needed enterprise resource planning that would integrate seamlessly across manufacturing operations and provide easier access to real-time information. The company decided to implement ERP from Plex Systems Inc.

Manufacturing is in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, and constant plant floor changes are forcing companies to keep up with the rapid pace or risk becoming lost and falling behind.

Siemens announced an expansion of the Digital Innovation Platform with the introduction of the latest version of NX software, which has been enhanced with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. These new features can predict next steps and update the user interface to help users more efficiently use software to increase productivity.