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.

Apr
01
2020
— Industry Trends

Commercial Aircraft Industry Braces for the Aftermath of the Global Pandemic

The commercial aircraft industry is in the middle of a liquidity crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, and this could put the US’s long-time global leadership in building commercial aircraft in jeopardy. The government will have act to provide loans, tax breaks, and other tools to keep the industry and its supply chain intact.
Mar
31
2020
— Technology Trends

Safety and Security for Risk Management

The importance of safety formed the staple of many discussions at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando.  Alexander Horch, VP R&D, HIMA Group, spoke to ARC’s Peter Reynolds about the company’s focus on safety and Security for Risk Management. 
Mar
31
2020
— Industry Trends

When the Coronavirus Enters Your Control Room 

Central control rooms are used for operating critical infrastructure, and management is taking new and special precautions to insure continued operation in the face of the threat when the coronavirus enters your Control Room.
Mar
30
2020
Chantal Polsonetti — Technology Trends

COVID-19 Prompts Brief Delay in Important Industrial 5G Releases 16 and 17

Leadership of the 3GPP committees working on 5G-related communication standards voted to delay the timeline for freezing the Industrial 5G releases of 16 and 17 specifications by three months and cancel face-to-face plenary meetings through at least June. 
Mar
30
2020
Constanze Schmitz — Industry Trends

No Hanover Fair in 2020

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no Hanover Fair this year. This is the first cancellation in the show’s 73-year history.
Mar
30
2020
Mark Sen Gupta — Technology Trends

Is the COVID-19 Pandemic A Compelling Event or Missed Opportunity?

The world response to the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to be the most significant compelling event affecting all aspects of life.  For manufacturers, the failure to evaluate the responses and their effects will lead to missed opportunities for themselves and their customers.
Mar
25
2020
— Technology Trends

Defining the Digital Twin and its Applications

At the recent ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, ARC’s Greg Gorbach and Chad Stoecker, Global Vice President of Industrial Managed Services for GE Digital, discussed defining the digital twin.
Mar
25
2020
— Technology Trends

Digital Transformation in the Process Industries

At the  recent ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, ARC’s Greg Gorbach, Vice President, discussed digital  transformation in the process industries with Laura Coates, Head of Process Automation at Siemens.