Five Key Components for Smarter Manufacturing

whitePaper | May 23, 2022

Cost-effective digital manufacturing solutions are needed to keep factories and supply chains running smoothly while producing high-quality products–whether delivered by OEM, parts or assembly supplier, contract manufacturer, or manufacturing services supplier. IBM can help you cocreate a roadmap to a custom solution with a focus on leveraging existing OT investments,improving key metrics, exploiting digital tools, and using the right talent. We help you set your direction based on a proven Industry 4.0 reference architecture and industry standards, achieve scale by consistently deploying advanced shop floor technologies on an open platform, and unleash optimum value by selecting manufacturingprocess use cases to address immediate needs.

whitePaper | May 20, 2022

More than almost any other industry, the printing industry has been experiencing an uninterrupted series of trends towards digitization for decades. As a result, this change repeatedly forced established business models to be put to the test and new goals to be defined. In all process stages, from media design to print finishing, production processes have been digitized and automated to an extent that would have seemed almost inconceivable just 25 years ago. The increasing demand for variable content, ever-shorter print runs, and expedited delivery time has been driving this development further, as well as presenting print shop logistics with new tasks. Job management and Production Planning and Control (PPC) are currently being reorganized by the Internet, mobile communications and the transfer of crucial processes to the cloud.

whitePaper | April 12, 2023

Industrial companies, such as those in manufacturing, energy, mining, agriculture, and transportation, are increasingly looking to fuel digital transformation—from optimizing operations to accelerating design to reinventing supply chains. For these organizations, data has become the connective tissue that holds their complex industrial systems together.

whitePaper | July 31, 2020

Geek+ is one of the world’s fastest growing logistics automation companies. Its technology offering, which is based around a core product range of four smart robotic systems – picking, moving, forklift and sorting robots; all underpinned by a highly intelligent AI-enabled software platform – offers a scalable alternative to traditional fixed automation machinery for eCommerce, industrial and manufacturing customers to invest in. Perhaps one of the most notable features of the Geek+ solution is its extreme scalability – both within a single fulfilment center or across a network of facilities – which can move in lockstep with business needs to meet rapid customer growth, or to meet sudden peaks and troughs caused by seasonal trends or unexpected crises.

whitePaper | March 17, 2023

In today’s world, manufacturers still depend heavily on the working hands of people. The skills that are in demand are extremely repetitive and potentially dangerous. With the added effect of current labor struggles, keeping talent in this environment is difficult to maintain. According to The Workforce Institute at UKG, 4 in 5 U.S. manufacturers are having difficulty keeping up with demand due to staff shortages and supply constraints1 . In real time, if a skilled worker decides not to come to work, eight hours of production time is wasted. These losses can be catastrophic for small to mid-sized manufacturers trying to keep up with demand while also attempting to outcompete global competitors.

whitePaper | January 12, 2022

Henry Ford’s visionary ideas and inventions well outlived him: the assembly line made its way from Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0, where it became more “connected” and efficient.In this white paper, we explore how cutting-edge technologies such as machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and cognitive systems can be fine-tuned to support mass personalization and add a much-needed human touch to production (and beyond).