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.

Oct
14
2019
Mark Sen Gupta — Industry Trends

Process Control Staffing for Digital Transformation

The process industries are challenged to continue to operate efficiently in an increasingly competitive environment.  Technology is rapidly changing – brought on in large part by the era of digital transformation.  Labor availability and skillset requirements are changing as well.  Process control staffing for digital transformation requirements and personnel skillsets have evolved over decades of iterations. 
Oct
10
2019
Mark Sen Gupta — Industry Trends

OilComm 2019 Focuses on Digital Transformation for Upstream Oil & Gas

About 350 upstream professionals attended the OilComm Conference to watch presentations and discuss topics, such as communications, cybersecurity, optimization, automation, IT/OT, data, digital transformation, Industry 4.0, and related technologies that are causing disruption across the energy industry.
Oct
04
2019
— Industry Trends

Production Flow Control for Industrie 4.0

Siemens presented a demonstrator for production flow control in an Industrie 4.0 factory showing a feasible path for upgrading to Industrie 4.0 manufacturing.
Sep
30
2019
Thomas Menze — Company and Product News

2019 Honeywell Users Group EMEA Conference: Data. Insights. Outcomes.

The 31st Honeywell Users Group EMEA Conference was held in The Hague, The Netherlands in September 2019.  The Honeywell User Group (HUG) was attended by more than 1,200 participants and more than 400 end-users from 42 countries.

Sep
30
2019
— Industry Trends

European Data Spaces for Smart Manufacturing

European industrial stakeholders met in Brussels to discuss the challenges and the future of the common European data spaces for smart manufacturing.
Sep
23
2019
Mark Sen Gupta — Industry Trends

Digitalization is the Overarching Theme at Hexagon PPM User Conference

At the Hexagon PPM User Conference in Houston, Texas, the company discussed how its digitalization technology is helping users with information access and integrity.  It begs to question: In the presence of all this capable technology, why suffer methodologies from the 20th Century?
Sep
20
2019
Naresh Kumar Surepelly — Company and Product News

Autonomous Driving with Centimeter-Level Accuracy

Mitsubishi Electric adds new business division and launches Europe-wide mobile mapping and high precision GNSS positioning systems for autonomous driving from Germany.