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How Equipment Asset Management Practices Must Evolve for Industry 4.0 to Deliver on its Promise

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Industry 4.0 carries an enormous promise. Connected sensors feeding real-time data into intelligent systems, machines that predict their own failures, production lines that self-optimise in response to demand signals, supply chains that adjust without human intervention. The technology is real, the investment is substantial, and the case studies are credible.

So why are so many manufacturers still fighting the same battles they were fighting a decade ago? Why does unplanned downtime still cost Fortune 500 companies an estimated $1.4 trillion per year, according to the Siemens True Cost of Downtime 2024 report?

Why do maintenance teams with IIoT sensors on half their assets still spend most of their time reacting to failures rather than preventing them?

The answer, more often than not, has nothing to do with the sensors or the algorithms. It has to do with the asset management infrastructure underneath them. The EAM layer, the systems, data models, and practices that govern how equipment records, spare parts catalogues, work orders, and maintenance decisions are organised and acted on, was built for a different era. [Read more…] about How Equipment Asset Management Practices Must Evolve for Industry 4.0 to Deliver on its Promise

Why Financial Markets Are Becoming One of the Most Automated Industries on Earth

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Walk onto a modern factory floor and automation is impossible to miss – robotic arms, sensor networks, predictive maintenance systems, all working without a human hand guiding every step. Walk into a modern trading desk, and you’ll find something strikingly similar, just less visible.

No conveyor belts, no robotic arms – but the same underlying logic: systems making decisions faster than people can, at a scale no human team could sustain.

Financial markets have quietly become one of the most automated industries on the planet. The shift didn’t happen overnight, and it isn’t the result of a single breakthrough. [Read more…] about Why Financial Markets Are Becoming One of the Most Automated Industries on Earth

How to File a DBA Online: Requirements, Costs, and Registration Process

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If you are running a business in a competitive market, you must know the relevance of brand presence. Many business owners operate under a name that differs from their legal business name.

A DBA, or “Doing Business As” name, helps businesses create a separate brand identity without forming a new legal entity. The online filing process has made registration more convenient than before. However, requirements, costs, and filing steps can vary by state and county.

Understanding the process helps business owners avoid delays, compliance issues, and unnecessary expenses when registering a DBA. [Read more…] about How to File a DBA Online: Requirements, Costs, and Registration Process

Inside modern supplement manufacturing: How automated filling lines are raising the quality bar

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Automation has redefined supplement manufacturing, with state-of-the-art filling lines now setting higher standards of quality and efficiency. These systems bring advanced technologies, but also introduce new protocols and expectations for quality assurance.

This article explores the ways automated filling lines are raising the bar for supplement manufacturing, highlighting breakthroughs, best practices, and critical controls in today’s competitive marketplace.

The rise of automation in supplement manufacturing has fundamentally transformed how products are made, packaged, and evaluated for quality. [Read more…] about Inside modern supplement manufacturing: How automated filling lines are raising the quality bar

Supplier Impersonation Fraud is Now an Operational Risk for Industrial Manufacturers

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Industrial manufacturing environments are becoming increasingly digitised, with robotics, automation systems, and connected supply chains driving efficiency across production and logistics.

However, this growing digital interdependence has also introduced new cybersecurity risks that extend beyond traditional IT boundaries.

One of the most overlooked threats is supplier impersonation fraud, where attackers exploit trusted vendor relationships to manipulate procurement workflows, redirect payments, or inject fraudulent invoices into automated systems. [Read more…] about Supplier Impersonation Fraud is Now an Operational Risk for Industrial Manufacturers

Interview with MTC’s Mike Wilson: ‘Automation is not optional if the UK wants to rebuild manufacturing’

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Readers not old enough to remember what are often referred to as the “Thatcher years” may not appreciate how dramatically the UK’s economy changed during the 1980s.

Like some other Western economies, particularly the US, the UK increasingly shifted its focus toward services, finance, retail, and consumer spending, while manufacturing became a smaller part of the national economy.

Before Margaret Thatcher became prime minister in 1979, manufacturing accounted for roughly 30 percent of UK national income and employed around 6.8 million people. [Read more…] about Interview with MTC’s Mike Wilson: ‘Automation is not optional if the UK wants to rebuild manufacturing’

Interview with Olo Robotics COO Eleanor Tang-Smith: Making robot programming accessible to everyone

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Robotics hardware has advanced rapidly in recent years. Autonomous mobile robots, quadrupeds, robotic arms, and even humanoid robots are becoming increasingly capable and commercially available. Yet for many organizations, one of the biggest barriers to adoption remains software.

Building robotic applications typically requires specialist expertise in platforms such as ROS 2 (Robot Operating System 2), the open-source framework that has become the de facto standard for modern robotics development.

While ROS 2 has helped accelerate robotics innovation across industries, it is still widely regarded as complex and difficult for newcomers to master. [Read more…] about Interview with Olo Robotics COO Eleanor Tang-Smith: Making robot programming accessible to everyone

Interview with Digid’s Nils Könne and Christian Kreil: Nanoscale sensors could help solve robotics’ tactile sensing challenge

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The rapid rise of artificial intelligence and robotics has focused attention on software, large language models, and increasingly powerful processors.

But for robots to operate effectively in the physical world, they also need something much more fundamental: the ability to sense and understand their environment.

That challenge is creating growing interest in advanced sensing technologies capable of providing machines with far richer information about the world around them. [Read more…] about Interview with Digid’s Nils Könne and Christian Kreil: Nanoscale sensors could help solve robotics’ tactile sensing challenge

The Shift from One-Size-Fits-All to Bespoke Systems

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For anyone who has been running a business for years, they know that they were told that standard solutions were the smartest path forward!

Is this the truth, though? Businesses are told to buy the same software that everyone else is using, along with following the same processes, and make sure to fit their operations into a predetermined mold.

On the surface, this approach appears to be practical, easy to manage, and affordable. However, we must remember that industries are continuously evolving and customer expectations are continuously growing. What this means is that there is no one-size-fits-all solution. [Read more…] about The Shift from One-Size-Fits-All to Bespoke Systems

Interview with Clearpath Robotics co-founder Ryan Gariepy: ‘Most industries in Canada are under-automated’

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Canada has long been recognized for its contributions to robotics research, producing world-class universities, pioneering robotics startups, and innovative technologies that have found applications across manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, mining, and defense.

Yet despite this strong technical foundation, many observers argue that Canada has not always translated its research strengths into widespread industrial deployment at the same pace as some other leading economies.

Few people have witnessed that evolution more closely than Ryan Gariepy, co-founder of Clearpath Robotics, one of Canada’s most successful robotics companies. [Read more…] about Interview with Clearpath Robotics co-founder Ryan Gariepy: ‘Most industries in Canada are under-automated’