Rockwell Automation integrates Plex QMS with FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI to connect AI-driven inspection with quality management and manufacturing data.

Oil and gas supply chain performance depends on connecting upstream, midstream, downstream, LNG, and petrochemical networks without losing the specialized capabilities each requires.

Power strategy is becoming a critical supply chain capability for oil and gas companies seeking to improve resilience, control costs, support electrification, and reduce emissions.

ARC examines why thin LLM wrappers fall short as industrial copilots and outlines the contextual integrity, data architecture, and governance required for trusted industrial AI.

Autodesk has completed its acquisition of MaintainX, expanding Autodesk Operations Solutions with maintenance and asset management capabilities designed to connect operational data with engineering, manufacturing, and digital twin workflows.

SAP has completed its acquisition of Dremio, bringing Iceberg-native lakehouse, federated data access, and semantic capabilities into SAP Business Data Cloud to support enterprise analytics and agentic AI.

PTC has released Codebeamer 3.3, Codebeamer AI 1.2, and Pure Variants 7.3, adding semantic AI search, automated change propagation across product variants, and stronger ALM configuration management.

ARC’s Formulation Technologies MarketMap highlights how formulation management is evolving from a standalone laboratory function into an enterprise-wide capability spanning regulatory compliance, sustainability, supplier collaboration, and digital product development.

Rockwell Automation’s Q3 FY2026 results highlight strengthening automation demand, led by software, modernization, data centers, and semiconductor investment.