[Wudo] Corporate Transformation

Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and digital twins are on the cusp of enabling businesses to visualise key insights about their operational technologies. The ability to view both physical and virtual environments are an untapped boon for industries like manufacturing, transportation, and energy, where heavy machinery and other physical equipment often lies at the centre of business operations.

les salariés de la Silicon Valley se sont rendu compte, que grâce à eux ou à cause deux, on se retrouve désormais face à un nouveau libéralisme digital s’appuyant totalement sur les épaules de Darwin. Et, ils ne veulent pas être les collaborateurs de ce darwinisme du XXIe siècle qui imposera à tous et toutes de se plier ou de disparaître. Un nouveau darwinisme enjoignant l’espèce humaine à s’adapter à cette mondialisation digitale addictive présentée comme une incontournable « happycracie ». Les salariés de la Silicon Valley sont opposés à cette Mondialisation digitale ou économie du clic qui a discrètement généré un énorme nouveau lumpenprolétariat mondial.

Luke Durcan, director EcoStruxure at Schneider Electric, is quick to point out the challenge of pointing to any specific time when the Lexington facility earned its smart status. The prospect of building a smart factory is “always a progression over time,” he said. “It’s not a one-shot-and-done kind of deal.”

Indeed, the roots of the smart factory stretch back decades, predating the widespread use of the term. The process of integrating various technologies and putting them under a single umbrella has emerged as a priority more recently. “You put it under [the smart factory] banner, and all of a sudden, people are a little bit more interested,” Durcan said. “And if it looks sexy, it’s easier to get the internal investment to make it work.” 

A l'image d'autres secteurs, l'industrie ne manque pas de concepts "smart" ou "4.0" pour illustrer sa transformation et son vocabulaire jongle avec de nombreux acronymes. Pour y voir plus clair, le HUB Institute décrypte ces termes parfois abscons, mais indispensables pour maîtriser les fondamentaux qui préfigurent l'usine de demain. 

À quelques mois des premiers déploiements prévus en 2020, la 5G occupe déjà tous les esprits. Très Haut Débit, temps de latence réduit à la milliseconde… Quel est le principal facteur de différence avec les réseaux actuels ? La 5G adressera de nouveaux usages liés aux objets et aux processus industriels, notamment au sein de l’industrie 4.0. Mais concrètement, que va véritablement apporter la 5G et comment anticiper son déploiement ?

Transformation is another animal altogether. Unlike change management, it doesn’t focus on a few discrete, well-defined shifts, but rather on a portfolio of initiatives, which are interdependent or intersecting. More importantly, the overall goal of transformation is not just to execute a defined change — but to reinvent the organization and discover a new or revised business model based on a vision for the future.

Ce sondage auprès de 3000 responsables d’équipe et dirigeants montre que 30 % des projets IoT échouent à l’état de PoC.

The key may be to incorporate creativity, innovation, play and technology within the education system – they are as important as numeracy and literacy.

Like many manufacturing processes, injection moulding (IM) could benefit considerably from automation. While the move towards offshoring work in the early 2000s impacted its adoption across Europe, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is reporting a change in attitude and reversal in this trend, with a growing number of plastics processors embracing robotics to stay ahead of their competition.

Predictive maintenance aims to minimize unplanned downtime by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to identify impending problems, so they can be addressed before they take effect.

While it’s a very attractive proposition, it’s crucial that manufacturers understand the dangers of getting it wrong. A false alarm triggered by inaccurate data can lead to incorrect actions and additional costs.

there is another technology which is predicted to drive industry 4.0 — assisted reality. This relatively new technology is having a particularly significant impact on industries with a heavy reliance on frontline and field-based workers, such as warehousing, manufacturing, healthcare, aerospace and automotive. So, what is assisted reality? How does it compare to its more well-known cousin augmented reality? And how exactly is it being used in industry?

Portée par l’industrie du futur, la convergence des réseaux industriels (OT) et des réseaux informatiques (IT) est à l’œuvre dans le monde industriel. Ce phénomène met en lumière les spécificités de ces infrastructures et dévoile certains risques, notamment en matière de cybersécurité.

30% of respondents say their IoT projects failed in the proof-of-concept stage, often because the implementation became too expensive or the bottom-line benefits were unclear.

To suss out the components of winning IoT strategies, Microsoft commissioned BCG Group, which jointly identified some key ingredients: business strategy, rationale, leadership and organization, technology roadmap planning, talent, operations and core business processes, partnerships and ecosystem, and security.