Call it Industry 4.0, the Connected Enterprise, or the Industrial Internet of Things, but this fourth manufacturing revolution is just getting started.
To find out more, Quality spoke with John Nesi, Vice President of Market Development at Rockwell Automation, and Bryce Barnes, Senior Manager of Cisco Systems’ Machine and Robot Segment globally under Cisco’s Internet of Things Manufacturing Solutions Group.
Smart manufacturing provides benefits but interest wanes
December 19, 2013
Sixty-five percent of manufacturers experienced revenue growth in 2013 but nearly half still consider the economy the biggest challenge, according to results of the ASQ 2014 Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
ASQ, a leader in the quality industry, has joined the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) in a public-private partnership developing testbeds and training for next generation manufacturing technology platforms.