The rise of plastic circularity, driven by more stringent policies, is boosting demand for advanced solutions. Automation companies can play a key role towards a circular economy. The following is a deep dive into Siemens solutions for plastic circularity.

Modern cloud MES systems, such as SAP’s Digital Manufacturing, can play a key role in helping manufacturers by offering enhanced operational efficiency, providing real-time visibility, and supporting smart manufacturing and digital transformation.

The systems that control and operate the buildings we work in are often overlooked when it comes to cybersecurity policy and implementation of good OT level cybersecurity controls and hygiene. As manufacturing enterprises become increasingly connected through digitalization, these systems can no longer be considered to be completely isolated from the rest of the manufacturing enterprise. This report looks at the myriad systems installed in the built environment for manufacturing and industrial applications and how we can make these systems more secure.

In this Insight, ARC Advisory Group includes the most recent quarterly results for major Indian IT suppliers that publicly report their results. The easing of macroeconomic uncertainty is a positive sign for future growth, potentially leading to increased technology investments, especially in cloud, AI, and automation.

Manufacturing end users face many challenges developing and maintaining digital transformation programs. End users should look for partners that provide a consultative approach, combining engineering and application expertise with a vendor-neutral framework. LTTS' FactoryNext is a comprehensive solution that combines LTTS’ engineering and software expertise, allowing users to combine best-in-class technologies into a single framework that enables the use of advanced connectivity, data engineering, AI, and security technologies to make real time data-driven decisions.

Currently, industries such as oil and gas, chemicals, power, and energy are experiencing accelerated complexity: IT/OT integration, cybersecurity threats, and a shortage of skilled labor. End users are increasingly relying on proactive services that compare the ideal production state with the current state during routine maintenance and take measures to actively bridge the gaps.

Owner-operators are recognizing the value of investments in simulation tools as the technology becomes an essential part of the development and optimization of process equipment and production plants.

Unlike some other popular cybersecurity events, ARC’s cybersecurity program is targeted toward the people who are responsible for the safety and availability of industrial operations.

Sustainability remains a leading business driver for manufacturing and critical infrastructure. Implementing good sustainability programs also means embracing digitalization. Many end users struggle with adopting a digitalization framework to address sustainability challenges. L&T Technology Services (LTTS) is applying its software and engineering expertise to work with partners to provide sustainability assessments and cohesive sustainability solutions.

To provide our Advisory Service clients with holistic coverage of the various industrial and automation markets we cover, ARC Advisory Group publishes indices of revenues from automation and machinery companies as well as indices of revenues and CapEx from end user industries on a quarterly basis. This report is concise and focuses more on the quantitative than the qualitative aspects of the automation, end user, and machinery industrial markets.

AI is changing the world of video analytics and computer vision. Everyone from machine vision suppliers to platform independent software providers are offering new solutions for a wide range of applications, but can we ever expect a unified approach to AI-powered video analytics that can address all computer vision systems?

Predictive maintenance (PdM) can have a significant impact on industrial operations, reducing unplanned downtime, operational costs, and improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). The burgeoning field of Industrial AI is making PdM solutions even more scalable and effective. Many end users, however, struggle to maintain effective PdM programs due to lack of in-house engineering and software expertise. L&T Technology Services (LTTS) is one industrial service provider that has focused its extensive expertise in both software and engineering services to make PdM solutions work effectively for end users.

Utilities and energy companies will gain great benefits via new AI and cloud-driven industrial data fabrics, where they stop playing their risk-related cards too close to their vests. In this regard, there will be important benefits for all asset-intensive industries.

In this Insight, ARC Advisory Group includes the most recent quarterly results for major automation suppliers that publicly report their results. With this latest automation supply side-market update, ARC has increased the number and breadth of automation suppliers covered, based on a combination of publicly reported data and ARC’s own extensive research database. We have also added selected business intelligence visualizations.

Utilities and energy companies will gain great benefits via new AI and cloud-driven industrial data fabrics, where they stop playing their risk-related cards too close to their vests. In this regard, there will be important benefits for all asset-intensive industries.