Digital Transformation Viewpoints

Featured here are original and timely articles from ARC analysts and guest writers on topics such as Digitization, New Business Models, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, and Smart Manufacturing. We dive into technologies such as additive manufacturing, machine learning, asset performance management, device connectivity, IIoT architecture, cybersecurity, augmented reality, and more related to digitization and transformation of industries, infrastructure, and cities. Our goal is to provide readers with clear and concise analyses, opinions, and discussion of these trends, technologies, and services.

Feb
01
2019

— Industry Trends

The Rise of Mobility in EAM

The use of a wide variety of mobile devices can expand the reach of mobility in EAM systems. In addition, handheld smart devices have grown in capability alongside EAM and field service systems with technologies like GPS, GIS, RFID, and embedded cameras.

Jan
31
2019

Janice Abel — Industry Trends

Next GEN MES: Smart Factory of the Future is Now

MES is the backbone for lower cost, higher quality and faster production for the Smart Factory of the future. It is the future for newer more complex, innovative and more personalized products.

Jan
29
2019

Guest Blogger: Alp Kucukelbir — Industry Trends

How to Select Machine Learning Models

Interpretable machine learning models provide insight into relationships between inputs and outputs. This enables them to not only produce predictions but also explain them.

Jan
28
2019

— Technology Trends

A Software Revolution That's Hard to See

Last weekend a gloomy Financial Times newspaper column about global debt levels reminded me of some of the reasons I remain optimistic about our

Jan
25
2019

Larry O'Brien — ARCView

New Opportunities Found In Blockchain for Access Control for Smart Property Applications

ARC Advisory Group recently spoke with L&T Technology Services about that company’s development of a solution based on blockchain for access control for smart homes and buildings.

Jan
18
2019

— Company and Product News

New Blockchain Software from SAP Helps Eliminate Counterfeit Drugs

SAP announced the general availability of SAP Information Collaboration Hub for Life Sciences, option for U.S. supply chain, a blockchain-technology hub to help eliminate counterfeit drugs along the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Jan
15
2019

— Industry Trends

The Importance of EAM Integration in Today’s Maintenance Organizations

With today’s maintenance management functions being increasingly sophisticated and complex, the need to collect, synchronize, and share EAM and operations data by EAM integration is critical to a successful cross-functional organization.

Jan
10
2019

Rajkumar Paira — Industry Trends

AVEVA World Conference - Your Digital Transformation, An Execution Roadmap

In the recently concluded AVEVA’s World Conference in November 2018, Mumbai, the main theme of the conference was “Your Digital Transformation, An Execution Roadmap.”

Jan
04
2019

— ARC Report Abstract

Effective Supply Chain Track and Trace with Blockchain Must Include MES and WMS Data

Emerging blockchain technology enables members of a consortium to share data in a secure and trusted environment to enable improvements in operational performance. To maximize the effectiveness of a blockchain-enabled supply chain track and trace solution and help ensure that the goals of the consortium members are met, the processing nodes of the supply chain must be included.

Jan
03
2019

— Industry Trends

Advancing Digital Transformation: Analytics for Business Users

As today’s companies strive to better understand their businesses, insight from all organizational levels are needed to get a complete view of organizational health and business drivers with the use of analytics. There is an ongoing challenge of making sense of disparate data so it can be interpreted as actionable information.