Getting Smart About Manufacturing

Smart manufacturing is the label that has emerged to describe production systems that incorporate digital technologies, real-time data, and interconnected systems to make manufacturing processes more automated, adaptive, and efficient. It involves sensors, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and connected machines that monitor, optimize, and automate manufacturing processes in real time.

Prompted by the developer’s recent State of Smart Manufacturing report, we asked Rockwell Automation’s vice president for Global OEM and Emerging Industries Evan Kaiser to tailor the insights there for small and midsized manufacturers, to help them understand the smart manufacturing investments, practices, and strategies, that will help them get connected and stay competitive.