Issue 06/2019 | IEC e-tech

Digital world

The artificial intelligence technologies behind smart manufacturing

Today, manufacturers face the challenge of ensuring global supply chains and delivering global orders on time. Disruptions due to bad weather, strikes or other unforeseen issues, could result in delays or cancellations...

Digital world

AI standards help accelerate digitalization of smart manufacturing

Various analysts put the market estimate at several hundreds of billions US dollars with double digit CAGR growth. Much of this growth is being fuelled by the digitalization of the sector as emerging IT technologies such...

Digital world

Innovative technologies broaden use of digital twins

Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical objects or systems. They use real-world data to run simulations of situations before actual devices are built and deployed, and predict different outcomes. Manufacturers...

Tech & innovation

Protecting manufacturing from cyber attacks

Half of the manufacturing companies that took part in a recent survey in the US admitted they had suffered a data breach or cyber attack in the previous 12 months. Unfortunately, such attacks are part of a growing global...

Greentech

A greener future for manufacturing

Industry is becoming increasingly aware that it contributes to global warming by emitting greenhouse gases (GHG). It also produces waste that can be polluting for the environment and difficult to dispose of. IEC...