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Here, we popularize and discuss industry 4.0 and the digitalization of factories. We also talk about infrastructure, edge computing and data, with an industrial prism.

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MQTT 5: the response to the growing demands of IoT

MQTT 5: the response to the growing demands of IoT

MQTT 5 facing the evolution of IoT. Why has it become essential?

Technology
OPC-UA PubSub: breaking through to real-time communication in Industry 4.0

OPC-UA PubSub: breaking through to real-time communication in Industry 4.0

OPC-UA PubSub: towards efficient and secure real-time industrial communication, taking Industry 4.0 to a new level

Technology
Industry 4.0: the rise of the smart factory

Industry 4.0: the rise of the smart factory

Discover the smart factory, the pillar of Industry 4.0, and how it is redefining industrial efficiency through AI, IoT and data analytics.

Industry 4.0
Production optimization with MTconnect

Production optimization with MTconnect

Explore MTconnect's impact on manufacturing efficiency, its distinction from other protocols, and its role in the transformed Industry 4.0.

Technology
The Modbus protocol: communication and industrial automation

The Modbus protocol: communication and industrial automation

Modbus, a key protocol in the interaction between industrial devices, evolves over time. Find out how it responds to modern challenges.

Technology
OPC-UA: The key to automation and communication in Industry 4.0

OPC-UA: The key to automation and communication in Industry 4.0

OPC-UA, vector of automation and communication in Industry 4.0, discover its architecture, its advantages and its future role.

Technology
Understanding the PROFIBUS network

Understanding the PROFIBUS network

PROFIBUS: a pillar of industrial automation. Its history, benefits, implementation and future trends.

Technology
Everything you need to know about the PROFINET protocol

Everything you need to know about the PROFINET protocol

Explore the evolution of PROFIBUS to PROFINET, facilitating real-time communication in industrial automation with precise standardization.

Technology
IoT applied to predictive maintenance in factories

IoT applied to predictive maintenance in factories

Analysis of the influence of IoT in industrialization, its benefits in predictive maintenance and the security challenges to be met.

OT - Industrial IT
Exploration of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): pillar of Industry 4.0

Exploration of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): pillar of Industry 4.0

Explore the impact of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) on Industry 4.0 through its definitions, key applications, benefits, as well as future challenges and considerations.

Technology
Master MQTT to Unleash the Power of IoT

Master MQTT to Unleash the Power of IoT

The MQTT protocol, an asset in IoT, discover its implementation, security and its evolution in the face of contemporary industrial challenges.

Technology
Everything you need to know about Software Defined Networking (SDN): the revolution in modern computer networking

Everything you need to know about Software Defined Networking (SDN): the revolution in modern computer networking

Software Defined Networking (SDN) unveils a new era of network management. Explore its historical journey, its essential advantages and the technologies that drive it.

Technology
How MQTT and Sparkplug B are revolutionizing IIoT?

How MQTT and Sparkplug B are revolutionizing IIoT?

From fast messaging to optimized structure, discover the role of MQTT and Sparkplug in the IIoT revolution.

Technology
Everything you need to know about Unified Namespace: advantages and implementation

Everything you need to know about Unified Namespace: advantages and implementation

Discover the importance of the unified namespace (UNS) in the digital age. Understand its benefits like data centralization, operational improvement and security.

Digitalization
Predictive Maintenance: innovation at the service of industry

Predictive Maintenance: innovation at the service of industry

Discover predictive maintenance, a major innovation in Industry 4.0. Optimize your operations, reduce costs and improve equipment longevity through the use of advanced technologies.

Industry 4.0
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): Everything You Need to Know

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): Everything You Need to Know

Learn about the concept of MTBF (mean time between failure), its importance in various industries, how to calculate it and how to improve it for better system reliability.

Industry 4.0
Improve machine availability with machine learning

Improve machine availability with machine learning

Discover how Machine Learning optimizes industrial productivity by improving machine availability and anticipate 2030 trends.

Digitalization
Decryption of lead time for the supply chain: measurement, calculation and optimization

Decryption of lead time for the supply chain: measurement, calculation and optimization

Optimize your supply chain with proven strategies to reduce lead time. From technology to partnerships, discover the keys to agile logistics.

Productivity
Discover the 5 levels of industrial maintenance

Discover the 5 levels of industrial maintenance

Industrial maintenance is essential to ensure productivity and efficiency. By understanding the five levels of maintenance, you can optimize your processes and achieve flawless productivity.

Industry 4.0
MTTR: ​​Understanding and reducing average repair time

MTTR: ​​Understanding and reducing average repair time

Find out in detail what MTTR means, how to calculate it, reduce it and its importance in maintenance management.

Industry 4.0
How to effectively reduce your scrap rate?

How to effectively reduce your scrap rate?

Discover the importance of the scrap rate in the modern industrial world. Learn how to calculate it, identify the major causes of a high rate, and discover effective strategies to reduce it.

Industry 4.0
Increase Your Synthetic Rate of Return (SRR) in 4 Steps

Increase Your Synthetic Rate of Return (SRR) in 4 Steps

Explore the keys to optimizing the Synthetic Rate of Return (SRR). Learn how to reduce production losses, maximize machine utilization, ensure quality and train staff for increased performance.

Industry 4.0
Decryption of the Economic Rate of Return (ERR): an essential for the industry

Decryption of the Economic Rate of Return (ERR): an essential for the industry

Explore the Economic Rate of Return (ERR): its role in industry, its advantages, limits and impact on the profitability of investments.

Industry 4.0
Takt Time: Optimize your production by keeping pace with customer demand

Takt Time: Optimize your production by keeping pace with customer demand

Discover Takt Time, one of the keys to industrial efficiency. Learn how to calculate it and use it to optimize production and reduce your costs.

Industry 4.0
OEE: How to effectively calculate, monitor and optimize your machine OEE?

OEE: How to effectively calculate, monitor and optimize your machine OEE?

Optimize industrial performance with machine OEE: come and discover the synthetic rate of return, its importance, how to calculate it and the strategies to improve it effectively.

Industry 4.0
TRG: How to optimize the productivity of your factory using the Global Yield Rate?

TRG: How to optimize the productivity of your factory using the Global Yield Rate?

Dive into the heart of the Factory Total Return Rate (OEE) indicator: definition, essential components, advantages over other measures and methods to optimize productivity. Learn how OEE guides industrial decisions.

Industry 4.0
Why are NIS2 compliance and IT-OT convergence correlated?

Why are NIS2 compliance and IT-OT convergence correlated?

Why is it necessary to think about and plan IT-OT convergence to prepare to be “NIS2 compliant”

Industry 4.0
The keys to connecting the workshop, replicating success and scaling up

The keys to connecting the workshop, replicating success and scaling up

The keys to connecting the workshop, replicating success and scaling “like-a-boss”

Industry 4.0
Can Edge computing accelerate the transition of manufacturers to 4.0?

Can Edge computing accelerate the transition of manufacturers to 4.0?

Combining flexibility, scalability and data protection; Edge computing seems full of promise for any industrialist who would like to (finally) regain control over their production data. But what is it really?

Industry 4.0
The digital twin, buzzword or small revolution?

The digital twin, buzzword or small revolution?

Even if it is used in all sauces, a bit like "Blockchain" or "artificial intelligence", the digital twin is an asset for those who want to further analyze their production system

Industry 4.0
AI in the factory, where are we?

AI in the factory, where are we?

Hint: not very far, even if manufacturers are catching up more and more quickly

Industry 4.0
The exploitation of production data, the first lever of industrial performance

The exploitation of production data, the first lever of industrial performance

A crucial issue too often relegated to the background of digital transformation

Industry 4.0
Traditional MES facing the new industrial era

Traditional MES facing the new industrial era

Traditional MES under the microscope: from their challenges to the emergence of SaaS platforms. Towards an agile and modern industry.

Industry 4.0
Niagara and OSS Ventures

Niagara and OSS Ventures

Niagara and OSS Ventures, start-up studio

Others

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