The People of the Manufacturing and Distribution Buyer Journey

whitePaper | April 25, 2023

Automation is crucial to increase productivity and efficiency in the manufacturing industry. Remote access to industrial automation devices is essential for manufacturers to control and update their devices from anywhere at any time. However, this is often a challenging task due to cybersecurity requirements, communication protocols, and complex network architectures. The white paper discusses a secure connectivity service that enables remote access to industrial automation devices from SDA’s cloud‑hosted services.

whitePaper | January 9, 2023

Modern manufacturing theory, tools, and best practices are focused on how to make thousands or millions of identical parts or products at a low cost per unit. Custom and low volume production pose unique challenges that require manufacturers to adapt from typical mass production models. Thanks to the rapid development of technologies and materials over the last decade, additive manufacturing has grown more capable as a true manufacturing tool and can now enable the fabrication of these custom and low volume end-use parts rapidly and cost-efficiently. This white paper presents Formlabs 3D printing hardware and material solutions for end-use part production. It documents various users' case studies and includes stress testing results to verify the suitability of 3D printing materials for end-use applications.

whitePaper | April 13, 2021

The Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is the channel of information from the shop floor to the top floor in a manufacturing organization. An Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) is often not enough to understand what is actually happening in the factory.

whitePaper | February 29, 2020

Ideal Boilers in Hull, UK started manufacturing boilers back in 1906. Since autumn 2018, the boiler chassis for the domestic range of boilers have been manufactured in a fully automated and highly efficient process designed by AP&T. Over 400,000 boilers leave the factory in Hull every year for households and commercial properties all over the UK. In order to meet the growing demand for the company’s products, Ideal Boilers decided in 2016 to investigate the possibilities for increased automation and streamlined production.

whitePaper | November 12, 2022

Since the first Industrial Revolution, the manufacturing process has been revolutionised from water and steam-powered machines to electrical and automated ones. The term "Industry 4.0" or simply I4 was introduced by the German government in 2011, which encourages the use of modern technology in the manufacturing process. It defines that automation technology can be improved by offering different methods of self-configuration, self-optimisation and self-diagnosis. The fourth era of revolution (Industry 4.0) is all about connectivity trends, advanced material, processing technology, service orientation and collaboration in advanced manufacturing networks. It presents a unique level of control and coordination over the whole value chain of the products. Internet of things (IoT) and machine to machine communication (M2M) are merged to improve communication and automation. It creates a new set of design principles for effective and computerised control of the manufacturing process which includes

whitePaper | November 11, 2022

Are global manufacturers reacting quickly enough to a fluctuating economic climate? Brands are investing in digital to help achieve their goals, but how flexible is their digital infrastructure to handle impending market pressures? As a leading, strategic digital partner to global brands for the last 15 years, Nemetos Tanasuk wanted to really understand the industry’s own sense of the challenges and opportunities heading their way – and how well they’re primed to meet them digitally. In this report, we reveal how manufacturers are embracing digital innovation in 2023.