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
10
2018
Chantal Polsonetti — Industry Trends

TAM Update Reveals Disparity in IIoT Adoption Rates

Industrial automation devices used in both discrete and process manufacturing are widely identified as some of the largest potential segments within the overall Internet of Things.  IIoT's potential is driven not only by the large number of devices shipped to industrial applications, but als

Apr
09
2018
— Industry Trends

Market Outlook for Industrial Cloud Application Platforms with IoT

Industrial cloud application platforms with IoT functionality provide a modern approach for developing and deploying software applications. The approach is gradually displacing the older client/server model in which large, complex, monolithic applications were created and run. Recently, the pace of this changeover is accelerating as more companies embrace the modern platform approach.
Apr
09
2018
Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Report from Smart Cities Connect

ARC recently attended the Smart Cities Connect conference, March 26-29 in Kansas City, MO at the Kansas City Convention Center. Here's what we saw.
Apr
06
2018
— Industry Trends

Can You Buy Reliability?

According to CEO and publisher of Reliablityweb.com and all-round asset management evangelist, Terrence O’Hanlon, “You cannot buy a reliability journey or you would have purchased it already!” This is the first of a few laws of reliability O’Hanlon shared in the Digitization of Asset Performance Management Workshop at ARC’s 22nd Annual ARC Industry Forum. In addition, he challenged the audience to transform their thinking to discover new ways of thinking about old problems in their journey to reliability.
Apr
04
2018
— Industry Trends

Applying Augmented Reality in Field Service

Equipment OEMs can use augmented reality (AR) in the form of a display of real-time data layered on a live video to further improve their field service capabilities and offerings. As equipment become more complex, problem isolation and diagnosis increase in difficulty. Obtaining a high first-time fix rate requires good tools to determine the true source of equipment failures. Two distinct opportunities exist for augmented reality in field service among OEMs.
Apr
03
2018
— Technology Trends

Virtual Flow Metering Empowered by Analytics

ARC has been covering the market of multiphase flow for several years though its coverage mainly focused on the physical multiphase flow metering (MPFM) solutions that are designed to being able to measure three or more non-homogenous phase fluids, such as oil, gas – wet and dry, condensate and water.
Apr
02
2018
Bob Gill — Industry Trends

Cellular IoT Networks Pick up the Pace

The recent IoT Asia conference and exhibition in Singapore (March 21-22) saw a first-time appearance at what is the region’s longest running  IoT event (five years) by two of the country’s telecommunications operators, M1 and Singtel.

Mar
30
2018
— Industry Trends

End-to-End Additive Manufacturing

I recently attended the Analyst Day for SIMULIA, the CAE simulation brand for Dassault Systèmés (DS). Simulation has been a long-term commitment for DS, and it has steadily expanded this area for many years from CATIA analysis to the acquisition of Abaqus and the formation of the SIMULIA brand in 2005. DS basically regards itself as scientific company, not just PLM, and their brands reflect this.
Mar
28
2018
— Industry Trends

How IIoT Radically Improves Your Six Sigma Program

Often, Kaizen teams for Lean Six Sigma lack the data and corresponding analysis needed to drive consensus and convince others to adopt a project's recommendations. Industrial IoT (IIoT) facilitates fact-based decisions, a fundamental theme of both Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing. IIoT provides data and analytics that improve the effectiveness of Lean Six Sigma programs and Kaizen teams. Consider Six Sigma and IIoT throughout the DMAIC process.
Mar
27
2018
— Industry Trends

Adaptive Traffic Control Systems Enhance Economic and Social Value

Urbanization and road travel has given rise to a large volume of traffic on highways and roadways. It is set to grow at a greater rate than the cities and roads can accommodate resulted in traffic congestion and increasing the burden on city infrastructure.