A best practice is a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means, and that is used as a benchmark. ARC has conducted numerous best practice surveys over the past thirty years and has developed best practices for a large number of topics of interest to industry executives.

Nov
14
2020
G. Ganapathiraman

How Evolving Technologies Impact Industries Differently

This Insight focuses on two of the most engaging and interesting sessions presented in ARC Advisory Group’s 14th India Forum, both which show how Evolving Technologies Impact Industries and businesses.
Nov
12
2020
Sal Spada

Cargill's Journey to Smart Manufacturing

In this video from the 2020 ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Lance Fountaine from Cargill explains his company's Journey to Smart Manufacturing
Nov
12
2020
Mark Sen Gupta

Technology Is Just Part of the Equation

Suppliers scramble to react, deliver, and get in front of key technology trends in an effort to provide the toolsets their customers need to stay competitive.
Nov
11
2020
G. Ganapathiraman

India Manufacturing Seeing Innovations

The recent ARC India Forum in Bangalore included a number of interesting and insightful sessions about the latest trends in manufacturing, all showing India manufacturing seeing innovations.
Nov
10
2020
Inderpreet Shoker

Improving Gas Safety with Industrial IoT

The IIoT has moved beyond the conceptual, “blue sky” stage; ARC Advisory Group is starting to see numerous products, solutions, and use cases, and one important one is Improving Gas Safety with Industrial IoT
Nov
10
2020

The Backbone of Advanced Manufacturing Is Advanced Analytics

Today, manufacturing generates and accounts for a full third of all data involved in business and industry.  As more industrial companies move to the digital enterprise model, realization comes that the backbone of advanced manufacturing is advanced analytics
Nov
09
2020
Craig Resnick

Disruptive Technologies Needed for an Information-Driven Enterprise

In an increasingly complex global competitive environment, real-time information is vital to help people at both the plant and enterprise levels make decisions that improve efficiency and effectiveness.  This means embracing disruptive technologies needed to acquire the needed information
Nov
09
2020
Marianne D’Aquila

Additive Manufacturing Use Cases Go Beyond Prototyping

The intersection of printer innovation, software advances and material creation with Covid-19, is shining a new light on industrialized additive manufacturing.  As part of a broader digital transformation strategy, additive manufacturing use cases show this goes beyond prototyping
Nov
07
2020
Eric Cosman

What About Automation Standards and IIoT

The growing awareness and interest in the emerging Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has implications for the industrial automation profession. Standards development organizations (SDOs) are dealing with Automation Standards and IIoT