Digital Transformation: Why and How to Build a Digital Future

whitePaper | March 17, 2022

Manufacturing industry professionals must corral and understand massive amounts of data from many systems to drive operational efficiencies, higher levels of service, supply chain resiliency, and ultimately a complete view of the business. Having the ability to explore the impact of and interplay among changes in production efficiency, product quality, customer demand, and service excellence isn’t possible without visibility into data and meaningful data analytics. This “big data” approach to manufacturing operations and supply chain optimization can deliver big results and is at the heart of the digital transformation initiatives of many industrial companies.

whitePaper | November 14, 2022

In this white paper, we propose to discover what Industry 5.0 means to business owners today: how they can stay competitive with this new trend and how employees can benefit from it! Since the turn of the 2010s, the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, has been taking place. This refers to the automation of manufacturing companies and the integration of new technologies into production lines.

whitePaper | July 5, 2022

The manufacturing industry is constantly evolving. New technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, data and analytics, advanced robotics, wearables and connected devices, and other innovations are reshaping how manufacturers produce goods, engage with customers, and support employees

whitePaper | May 3, 2023

From Henry Ford’s moving assembly line to Taiichi Ohno’s Toyota production system, now known as lean production, manufacturers globally have constantly strived to make their operations better. The concept of lean, widely known for its tools to eliminate non-value added processes, has been at the forefront of management for the last five decades.

whitePaper | April 25, 2022

In the late 18th century, the first industrial revolution transformed hand production methods into steam machines. The second industrial revolution which occurred at the end of the 19th century revolutionized communication and transport methods with the telegraph and railway. The third revolution brought computing power to manufacturing processes in the second half of the 20th century.

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.