Manufacturing

March 26, 2015

MANUFACTURING

IoT at Work: Connected Vineyards and More

1 min read

The convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) is becoming more important now than ever – and that sentiment was heard loud and clear at last week’s complementary Cisco Live Melbourne and Rockwell Automation ConnectED events. Held for the first time under the same roof, the two events provided a unique opportunity for […]

March 23, 2015

MANUFACTURING

Solving Manufacturing Complexities through Data Analytics: Part Two – Implementing Data Analytics

5 min read

Data analytics has been an integral part of manufacturing management for most of its history. However, analytics has undergone both evolutionary and revolutionary changes over the decades with the advent of information technology and digital data gathering and analysis. In Part One of this series, I took a look at the evolution behind data analytics […]

March 20, 2015

MANUFACTURING

Solving the Manufacturing Workforce Crisis of 2030

4 min read

Sir James Dyson, British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson Company once said, “Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.” He’s absolutely right; manufacturing is more than just manual labor on a shop floor somewhere. Today’s […]

February 20, 2015

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Drinking to the Future – Family Owned Beer Distributor Embraces IoE to Improve Operations

2 min read

The warehouse today isn’t the same as 15 years ago. Cisco’s Internet of Everything (IoE), connecting people, processes, data and things, has revolutionized manufacturing, distributing and day-to-day operations. Del Papa Distributing, is a family-owned beer and beverage distributor based in Texas City, TX. The connected devices, sensors and nodes, and the data they generate, have […]

February 4, 2015

MANUFACTURING

Connected Manufacturing at CiscoLive Milan

1 min read

I just got back from a fantastic week at Cisco Live in Milan.  We had a packed ‘Cisco Connected Manufacturing’ pavilion at the event, showcasing the latest in...

Getting Value from Professional Organizations

3 min read

As a Cisco team member, I’m convinced that the value of professional organizations cannot be understated. It’s understood that employees across various industries have a lot on their plate these...

December 23, 2014

MANUFACTURING

2015 Manufacturing Industry Predictions

6 min read

What’s new and trending for the industry? Well, predictions for the upcoming year as a motif is certainly not new but is definitely trending, considering the deluge of pundits concentrating...

December 22, 2014

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Go to the Edge to Unlock Value in the Internet of Everything

3 min read

Now that we are connecting billions of things to the Internet, companies are faced with a huge opportunity and a huge dilemma. Connected things are generating an explosion of data that has the potential to save and earn tremendous amounts of money, time, and resources for companies. However, much of that potential is wasted because […]

December 4, 2014

MANUFACTURING

Get Ahead of the Curve in 2015: Invest in IoT

2 min read

As the holiday season gets into full swing, executives like you are polishing off strategic and operational plans for the New Year. For many manufacturing companies, 2014 was a good year, for some outstanding, and most manufacturers are optimistic for more of the same in 2015. According to MAPI’s US Industrial Outlook, “manufacturing will continue […]