Top 5 Control Engineering content: July 10-16, 2023

The top 5 articles from the past week include Industry 4.0, PLC programming standards and AI.

By David Miller July 17, 2023

1. Is Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing working for you?

2023 marks a dozen years of Industry 4.0. Control Engineering asked an Industry 4.0 expert how companies can tell if they’re moving quickly enough toward smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Are Industry 4.0 benefits passing you by?

2. Heralding a boundless automation future with Industry 4.0 technologies

Leverage Industry 4.0 to build the foundation for an industrial architecture that integrates operations to drive data from field to edge to cloud to create a boundless automation future.

3. Are you making the most of PLC programming standards from PLCopen?

IEC 61131-3 offers users a reliable framework to develop efficient solutions at all phases of their automation process, and is used to support PLCopen libraries.

4. Industry 4.0 assessment: Are you moving quickly enough?

While Industry 4.0 and digital transformation are often used interchangeably, they are distinctive concepts, and understanding how they differ can help organizations to implement both more effectively.

5. AI in manufacturing: Where it’s been and where it’s going

Understanding the history of artificial intelligence (AI) can show where its future may be in manufacturing and what role it will play.