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.

Aug
02
2018
Bob Gill — Industry Trends

User Stories from the Industry of Things

After its inaugural outing last year, the Industry of Things World Asia event, organized by Berlin based we.CONECT, and a companion conference to the company’s Industry of Things World shows in Germany (Berlin) and the US (Orlando and San Diego), made a return to Singapore this July. As the name implies, Industry of Things World focuses firmly on the industrial strand of IoT, differentiating it from other more general IoT events and making it more than a little relevant for ARC Advisory Group, which this year was the chair for the two-day main conference session.
Jul
30
2018
Guest Blogger: Andy Jain — Industry Trends

Industrial Automation Transitions from Disruptive Innovation to Ambidexterity

Austrian economist, Joseph Schumpeter, once commented that: “The same process of industrial mutation - if I may use that biological term - that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroys the old one, incessantly creates a new one. This process of creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.”
Jul
26
2018
Janice Abel — Industry Trends

Investing in Advanced Analytics Technology for Operational Excellence

Advanced analytics, including technologies for predictive analytics, machine learning, and data science, are getting a lot of press and market funding. Recent research indicates that a growing number of executives believe that the right advanced analytics tool would improve their processes.

Jul
23
2018
Guest Blogger: Eitan Vesely — Industry Trends

Can OEMs Survive Digital Transformation and Hardware as a Service?

If Industry 4.0 is to be defined as a revolution, we should consider a universal rule that applies to all revolutions: New elites replace the existing centers of power. How does this apply to today’s OEMs?

Jul
20
2018
— Company and Product News

New RFI for Open Process Automation System Integration

A new Request for Information (RFI) on Open Process Automation was issued yesterday by ExxonMobil Research and Engineering (EMRE). Here is a statement from EMRE about the RFI:

 

Jul
18
2018
— Industry Trends

Change Management 101

Price increases are a fact of life. As much as consumers and industrial buyers may resist, most are understanding provided the change is properly communicated. To avoid alienating customers, sound change management practices can avoid alienating customers. Change Management 101 states that change be communicated in a timely manner to internal and external stakeholders, including customers. This blogger recently received a quarterly statement from a service provider (who shall remain nameless) that announced a price increase effective immediately.
Jul
12
2018
— Industry Trends

Lifeline Reliability Puts Lives at Risk

To escape the heat wave that gripped the ARC HQ region last week, one had to go offshore to the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.  The ferry is the most economical and convenient way to get there.