Top 5 Control Engineering articles: November 4-10, 2024

1. Global manufacturing output: Stronger growth expected in 2025, beyond

Interact Analysis quarterly Manufacturing Industry Output (MIO) Tracker report forecasts growth of 0.6% for 2024, with stronger growth expected in 2025 and beyond.

2. Latest updates, features in universal automation platform

At the Ignition Community Conference 2024, new functionality in Ignition 8.3, Inductive Automation’s industrial application platform for OT and IT, span applications, historians, and infrastructure with a focus on connectivity, storage, streaming and security.

3. New AI-powered closed-loop tools can revolutionize manufacturing in 9 ways

A software company applies artificial intelligence in nine key ways to empower workers, improve performance and enhance productivity in closed-loop machine-vision-based applications.

4. Modbus documentation clarified, 5 reasons to use RS-485 with automation

Understand the implementation of Modbus serial communication, and its evolving relevance in a digital world of automation and controls.

5. Improve decision-making with the right data to optimize operations

By leveraging advanced analytics platforms, manufacturers are gleaning invaluable insights from process data without needing to manually and laboriously comb through disparate data sources. See examples of hidden data found to help operational goals.

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