31/08/2017 Industry 4.0 & Artificial Intelligence A new series of 4 articles by Mike James, leading global expert in industry 4.0 Current Industry 4.0 developments clearly point to the adoption of Artificial Intelligence whilst current AI developments are rarely focussed upon Smart Manufacturing applications. To understand what is going on a simple click on Wikipedia [...]
03/04/2017 Thought Leader JAN SNOEIJ Joins Manufacturing Operations Management Institute As President And Senior Consultant We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jan Snoeij to the role of as President of the Manufacturing Operations Management Institute (MOMi). Mike James, Group Chairman & CTO at ATS explains: "Jan has been one of my closest colleagues in [...]
MESA International’s Global Education Program Trains Executives Manufacturers and producers have been asking for a full MES/MOM education program. They understand the benefits but have concerns about the effectiveness of their deployments without their people being properly trained. The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) (www.mesa.org) is the global best practice organization for the manufacturing industry [...]
09/06/2016 Industry 4.0 and Smart Advisors I first read about & "smart advisors" in a report published by industry analyst Gartner. The idea aligns well with our own thoughts that decision making will shift away from people to virtual assistants. Already prevalent in the banking and services industry, virtual assistants advise us on a wide [...]
31/05/2016 Join MESA Germany Special Interest Group in BOCHUM The Manufacturing Enterprise Solution Association (MESA Internationals) Germany Special Interest Group (SIG) invite you join them at "MES in Digital Production" in the learning room at the Ruhr University, Bochum. The summer meeting will give you the opportunity to discuss exciting topics such as MES and [...]
23/05/2016 Industry 4.0 & The Smart Services Welt The Smart Services Welt 2025 report was published in March 2015 and builds on the original Industry 4.0 report from April 2013. A "Welt" according to the Oxford Dictionary is a leather rim sewn around the edge of a shoe but in this context "welt" is German [...]
21/04/2016 Join MOMI At MESA'S 2016 North American Conference The Manufacturing Operations Management Institute is please to announce their support for MESA's 2016 North American Conference. Demystifying Smart Manufacturing co-located at IndustryWeek Manufacturing & Technology Conference & Expo May 3 -5, 2016 Chicago, IL. Come and meet Sarah Knight, MOMi Global Education Program Manager and learn about [...]
14/04/2016 The Internet of Services in Industry 4.0 In the fourth in this series of articles, we find out how the internet of services fits in with smart manufacturing to realise the fourth industrial revolution. There is much talk about the internet of things. However, ‘things’ are just part of the plumbing. We connect devices, [...]
17/11/2015 Industry 4.0: Learning How To Prepare For The Fourth Industrial Revolution Manufacturing companies can take some simple steps to prepare for the fourth industrial revolution, says Mike James of ATS International This article was first published in the Spring 2015 issue of OnWindows In the last issue of OnWindows I outlined the technologies and thinking behind [...]
14/05/2015 MESA INTERNATIONAL TO FORMALIZE A NEW PUBLIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM Association plans to recognize those it sees taking active steps to raise the understanding of the role and business value of Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions CHANDLER, ARIZ. May 6, 2015 - MESA International today announced plans to launch a formal recognition program to build greater market awareness [...]
