Association for Advancing Automation Logo Content Filed Under: Industry: N/A Application: N/A | By: John Butler, Contributing Editor, TECH B2B Marketing Image courtesy of Eigen Innovations Looking around the manufacturing industry today, one cannot help but take note of the increased presence of technology. Everything from material handling to cutting, shaping, inspecting, packaging, and palletizing can be done with some sort of automation and digital capability. Statistics related to sales and deployment of robotics, vision systems, and other automation equipment continue to achieve new highs. Yet despite the rapid introduction of digital solutions to aid manufacturers, plenty of manual and low-tech methods remain, particularly among more conventional sectors. In response to increasing costs for labor and materials as well as consumer and market pressures for higher production quantities, shorter manufacturing times, and improved quality, many manufacturers are starting to integrate advanced digital technologies. Known more commonly as digital transformation, the process aims to enhance business decision-making, improve efficiencies, and lower costs over the long term. Why Digitize? In the age of Industry 4.0, the market landscape is in a perpetual state of shift and disruption, making it difficult for organizations that rely primarily on manual and conventional processes to […]
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Invest The Invisible Impact
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