Monday, April 30, 2018

MANUFACTURING IN THE CLOUD: PART XIII: SERVICE MODEL, CONTROLS AND SECURITY RISKS

This blog is a MESA Member Point of View.

By Goran Novkovic, MESA Member, CQA, CSQE, ITIL, APM, PMP, PEng

This blog is part of a series called Manufacturing in the Cloud. This series aims to assist manufacturing organizations to evaluate how they can overcome challenges and maximize cloud computing benefits. As cloud computing services mature both commercially and technologically, this is likely to become relatively easier to achieve.

Thursday, April 12, 2018

The Smart Manufacturing Journey: Walk? or Quantum Leap?

By Mike Yost, President, MESA International

Some say Smart Manufacturing is a walk - a methodical progression of manufacturing capabilities, beginning with a hodgepodge of disparate systems and processes that ends in a connected enterprise of smart devices and systems and plants.  Sounds logical…

But, that implies any manufacturer in a digital/connected/smart state today had to start long ago; and, doesn’t that contradict the argument that Smart Manufacturing is new?  That it’s only possible now because of Cloud Computing, Cyber-Physical Systems, Big Data, Analytics?


Monday, April 9, 2018

Take on Smart Manufacturing

By MESA International Staff



MESA International, the global, not-for-profit community of manufacturers, producers, industry leaders, and solution providers, invites you to join the conversation around Smart Manufacturing during their 2018 North American Conference which is co-located at IndustryWeek's Manufacturing & Technology Conference and Expo.  MESA will be at booth #349 to provide unprecedented access to information, forums, peers, and domain experts in Smart Manufacturing.

One ticket gets you access to both shows! Register today with MESA discount MESA218.


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