Industry 4.0 and SMEs are a winning combination In a report published by the consulting firm Roland Berger it is highlighted that in Germany there is a gap in the adoption of new 4.0 technologies between SMEs and large companies. For those who have been working in the sector for…

RTLS: Real Time Locating Systems to enable digital twins RTLS, or Real Time Locating Systems, are an essential technology for Smart Factories. How many of you spent lots of time searching for items, assets, parcels, tools, fixture around your facility, simply because they were not where they were supposed to…

Paperless Factory: here are some ideas The Paperless Factory is an increasingly widespread trend in the industrial sector thanks to the presence of digital solutions on the market that allow the management of documentation and information exchange without the use of paper. Very often, in fact, paper is still one…

Green factory: 30 concrete ideas What is a green factory? In the days we are publishing this post is going on stage the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, scheduled in Glasgow (Scotland) from 31 October to 12 November 2021, under the UK presidency. The expectation…

Knowledge Management: 5 practical ideas for improvement Knowledge Management is the set of practices set up by a company to collect, share and improve tacit and explicit knowledge at all levels. Too often underestimated by companies, effective management of the body of corporate knowledge allows for a significant competitive advantage…

Setup time reduction in reconfigurable manufacturing systems How to perform setup time reduction in Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems? Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems or simply RMS are potentially the answer to manage mass customization, since the system can be continuously reconfigured in accordance with the volumes and products required. One of the requirements…

How to get benefits from 3D Printing in a production site? If you are an industrial engineer or you work in a factory, you may have wondered: How to get benefits from 3D Printing in a production site? Although 3D Printing has been formerly invented in 1982 and it is…

Industry 4.0 and gear manufacturing How to apply the principles and technologies of Industry 4.0 to gear manufacturing? Traditionally, gears are produced by using well-established processes in the field of machining, special processes — including heat treatments — and inspection methods. Following, some production limits related to the gear manufacturing…

Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: how to enable flexibility Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) are attractive options to handle mass personalization, as the system can be continuously reconfigured in accordance with the demanded volumes and products, although the development of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems is a particularly challenging task compared to the development of…