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.

Sep
27
2017
— Technology Trends

Additive Manufacturing’s Unicorn Startup

Desktop Metal, an additive manufacturing (AM) startup founded in 2015 out of Burlington Massachusetts, made waves this summer after landing $115 million in its latest round of funding, bringing its total funding to $212 million.  The

Sep
26
2017
— Industry Trends

GE Is All in On Digital

New GE CEO John Flannery put any doubts about GE’s future to rest yesterday in this blog post – it’s digital!  Was there ever any doubt?  Not by this analyst.  In fact, my reaction to Mr.

Sep
25
2017
Guest Blogger: Dr. Shi-Wan Lin — Technology Trends

IIoT for Smart Manufacturing part 2 – Digital Thread and Digital Twin

As it is today, many of product lifecycle processes, from design, to process planning and engineering, manufacturing are siloed because different software tools, models and data representations are used, and often by many different teams across different organizations and geographic locations.

Sep
22
2017
— Industry Trends

Collaboration is the Game Changer

Companies are at different points on the digital trajectory; some are beginning their journey, some are implementing changes in a phased manner, while a few early adopters are already seeing quantifiable benefits.

Sep
19
2017
David Humphrey — Industry Trends

Drinktec 2017: The IIoT Disconnect

After years of discussion and debate about the merits of concepts like IIoT and Industrie 4.0, in the last two years our industry has witnessed the move from theory to practice.

Sep
18
2017
Guest Blogger: Sean Riley — Industry Trends

Choose the Right Level of Predictive Maintenance

The terms Predictive Maintenance and IoT have been intertwined and used significantly over the last several years has caused the true meaning of prediction in this context to be difficult to ascertain.  These variations or differences in what a Predictive Maintenance program is and how it is

Sep
14
2017
— Industry Trends

Quality Management Takes to the Cloud

Cloud application platforms provide a modern approach for developing and deploying software applications. This approach is gradually displacing the older client/server model, in which large, complex, monolithic applications were created and run.