CESMII Blog – Interesting Articles on All Things Smart Manufacturing
The CESMII Blog is a collection of valuable content that will be of interest to our members and the Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0 / Industrie 4.0 community. We develop some of this content and we curate some of this content. Curated content is available from CESMII Members, and our staff of industry experts. All content is provided for the benefit of our community and third party content will be appropriately attributed. If you have something of interest, please submit your material to marketing@cesmii.org.
Global Collaboration to Develop a Carbon Reporting Demonstrator
Motivated by the value of data interoperability across platforms and borders, Plattform Industrie 4.0 and its US partner CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute together with Labs Network Industrie 4.0 developed a first joint demonstrator to show interoperability among different intercompany data collection systems. Applying the demonstrator to a use case of carbon reporting contributes also to the commitment of...
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An Urgent Need for a National Smart Manufacturing Executive Council
CESMII and SME Join Forces to Accelerate SMART Manufacturing
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RRI of Japan and CESMII Partner to shape the Future of Manufacturing
RRI and CESMII are working together to drive the digital transformation of manufacturing. Areas of shared interest include educational benchmarking, technical standards and decarbonization.
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Database First vs Intelligence First
One thing plants typically have in abundance are sources of operational data. It is tempting to think that by collecting and storing that data, information of value will be generated magically. This does not happen. Extracting actionable insight requires engaging operational experts to make sense of the data.
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Ransomware Attacks – Prevention and Mitigation
Ransomware is a type of malicious attack where attackers encrypt an organization’s data and demand payment to restore access. In some instances, attackers may also steal an organization’s information and demand an additional payment in return for not disclosing the information to authorities, competitors, or the public. This Ransomware Profile identifies the Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1 security objectives that support...
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Hydrogen Mobility Infrastructure
One of the rapidly growing areas in transition to hydrogen as an energy carrier is in the transportation sector. Vehicles with fuel cells use hydrogen as an energy carrier with the emission being water. In this Emerson Automation Experts podcast, Denka Wangdi shares some of the challenges in the buildout of hydrogen mobility infrastructure and some of the ways advancing...
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The Industry 4.0 Marketplace
Industry 4.0 is many things, Middleware, Analytics, Cloud, Additive, IOT Communications and much more. The greatest challenge in the adoption of these new technologies, primarily revolves around two things, education and implementation costs. Of the two, implementation costs are the greatest barrier. It just costs too much to layer advanced analytics (and other Industry 4.0 technologies) onto an existing infrastructure.
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RPI Demonstrates Smart Manufacturing
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hosts a Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center (SMIC), a regional extension of the national Manufacturing USA and Department of Energy-supported smart manufacturing initiative known as CESMII. The CESMII SMIC at Rensselaer is currently engaged in a project with industry partner Toward Zero to collect operational manufacturing process data from a broad variety of manufacturing equipment and make it...
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Investments in Digital Transformation Pay Off in Refining
A Hydrocarbon Processing article, Ergon Refining: A digital transformation story, provides a great illustration of a step-wise, scalable digital transformation journey that continues to drive business improvements. The authors, Ergon Refining’s Steve Elwart and Emerson’s Marcelo Carugo, share this journey and the results achieved.
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Steps to Success in a Digital Transformation
Digital transformation doesn’t have to be complex. The right approach can ensure technology investments deliver the results that matter with confidence, ease and speed. How can you be sure you’re avoiding the hype around digital transformation and making sound technology investments that truly move the needle?
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