XJDF Building Blocks for the “Printing Industry 4.0”

whitePaper | October 19, 2022

The 1980s saw the Western World’s academics and manufacturers cast their eyes eastward to the miracle of Japanese manufacturing. Specifically, its low cost, high quality, and low stock. As a result, Japanese products were successfully flooding the Western World’s market and were seen as “World Class”.

whitePaper | September 13, 2022

From big data to analytics and the Internet of Things, digital transformation is disrupting every aspect of the way manufacturers operate. Market leaders who embrace this change will come out on top. Those slow to react – whether they’re industry giants or niche players – will be left behind and may struggle to survive. Winners are harnessing the power of cloud and application technologies to become more agile and operate more efficiently. They’re leveraging emerging technologiesto deliver compelling customer experiences and launch innovative new services, as well as creating new business models to scale, grow, and stay ahead of the pack.

whitePaper | August 1, 2020

Imagine the power of a process model that defines the pace of your production. Imagine process mining insights, which allow you to feel the pulse of actual process performance. Imagine a digital twin as a virtual representation of your manufacturing processes. Imagine a single software which - at the same time - enables a more collaborative approach, with all members of the workforce working towards performance improvement, reducing waste & defects. Now stop imagining... that reality is here.

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 | April 11, 2022

Driven by the need to make parts faster, better, and for less, manufacturers of all sizes are embracing various forms of automation in the quest to lower costs, increase production, and reduce response times. Discover how incorporating fixed industrial scanning and machine vision solutions can help improve quality in every stage of the production process.

whitePaper | January 17, 2023

For those of us that have been around a while, we have learned to live through the supply and demand cycles of the semiconductor industry. As we are currently in an excess demand situation, one of the big questions we all have is “When will things flip?” We stop short of saying that this will not happen this time, but some key elements are different.