Day: October 8, 2016

  • Manufacturing: Smarter than the average factory

    Manufacturing: Smarter than the average factory

    What’s all this talk about “smart factories”? It’s just a bunch of machines being connected to the internet, right? What’s the big deal? What’s the big idea? True, it’s all about connectivity. But that is, in fact, a very big deal – lots of very big deals, lots of very small deals, just lots and lots of deals,…

  • Smart factory: Audi opens advanced manufacturing plant in Mexico

    Smart factory: Audi opens advanced manufacturing plant in Mexico

    Audi bigwigs opened what the company claims is the first manufacturing plant to be opened in Mexico by a premium automobile manufacturer.  Moreover, the company says the facility is one of the most advanced in the world, and is classed as a “smart factory”. The company says the new development represents the further expansion of its worldwide production…