Podcast 189 Automation and Jobs Always Ask Why
There are some things that drive me up the metaphorical wall. Especially concerning discussions of automation and jobs. I’ve contemplated this issue for years. Lately there was an issue of the Axios Future newsletter. I rather like the editor, Steve Levine, even if he...
Effects of Industry Consolidation
I just received my Spectrum invoice for the month. It was up 15% over last month. Last month it was up 10% over the month before. I called. The guy told me, yes, and it will increase another 15% next year. However, if I were a new customer, I’d receive a 30% discount....
Packaging Machinery Meets Industry 40 Era
I know machinery along with controls and automation. Packaging as a specialty wasn’t my thing until I spent some time alongside a packaging magazine. Tetra Pak was a name often heard. It has made news this month with ideas from Industry 4.0. They first announcement...
Epicor Unveils AI-Based Virtual Agent
There is so much hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI) that I sometimes want to discount it. However, here is yet another (see last week’s post) example of what AI can really accomplish. This industry-specific application of artificial intelligence technology...
Alliances Forming To Drive Open Manufacturing
Companies and organizations band together to develop open platforms to drive manufacturing technology use cases forward. I’ve received notice of two more announcements from Hannover. The problem as I see it lies in the proliferation of these alliances. Everyone says...
ABB’s CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer Steps Down
In a bit of a surprise to us outsiders, the Board of Directors of ABB and its CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer (55) have mutually agreed for him to step down from his role, which he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board, Peter Voser (61), will become interim CEO in...
Podcast 188 Disruptive Technology Startups
I've released another podcast discussing the emergence of a couple of startups leveraging the latest technologies to solve some interesting problems.
Ask a Developer To Discover IoT Directions
Survey of More Than 1,700 IoT Developers Reveals Top Hardware, Software “Stack” Choices Eclipse Foundation survey finds security, connectivity and data collection/analysis are top three current “developer concern” areas as commercial IoT adoption marches forward The...
Disrupting Cost of IIoT Projects
Where is there room for startup companies who can disrupt industrial technology? I was recently pondering this problem—and indeed, I consider it a problem. Inductive Automation did it years ago partly with a state-of-the-art technology, but mostly it was by building a...
AI for Troubleshooting Technology
I interviewed an interesting CEO of a Swedish start up called Mavenoid. Shahan Lilja is also a co-founder of this company leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the form of Statistical Machine Learning that tackles maintenance from an entirely different...
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