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Decisions which are made on the basis of poor-quality data expose public sector bodies to risk, and cost them money. Download the free whitepaper and see how you can make your data pay dividends.

"Cloud-based predictive analytics platforms are a relatively new phenomenon, and they go far beyond the remote monitoring systems of a prior generation. Three key features differentiate cloud-based predictive analytics — data sharing, scope of monitoring, and use of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to drive autonomous operations. To help familiarize the uninitiated with specifically what types of value these systems can drive, IDC discusses them at some length in this white paper."

In its fifth year, the goal of the OutSystems State of Application Development Report is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the challenges, priorities, and innovations faced by IT teams around the globe in this age of digital transformation. This analysis is based on the responses to a survey conducted in March 2018. More than 3,500 IT professionals from over 116 countries took part. Respondents worked in all kinds of industry, and in this concise summary of the report, we focus on specific findings related to the manufacturing sector. The need for digital transformation dominates business strategy today, and there are two obvious consequences for IT. Firstly, the demand for application development (app dev) is at an all-time high. Secondly, speed and agility are more important than ever before. This backdrop informed the themes we wanted to explore in this year’s survey, which set out to answer five critical questions: How are the app dev priorities of organizations adjusting

Download this paper to learn the top strategies leading executives are using to take full advantage of the insight they receive from their business intelligence (BI) systems - and turn that insight into a competitive weapon.

Investment casting is a precise manufacturing methodology that delivers value across industries, from mechanical, automotive and aerospace parts to intricate dental work, jewelry and sculpture. For centuries the trade-off for smooth and accurate investment casted parts has been high costs and long casting pattern lead times. Now the evolution of parts is accelerating dramatically in many industries resulting in shorter product life cycles and lower volumes of casted parts between cycles. Waiting for tooling for obsolete parts for aging aircraft also mean delays for aircraft to be repaired, costing time and money. Demand for faster foundry production is increasing in all industries and foundries need to be ready to respond. To find out how 3D Sysytems can help your business, download this eBook today.

La microfusione è un'accurata metodologia di produzione che fornisce valore aggiunto a vari settori, dalle parti meccaniche, ai componenti per automobili e aerospaziali, fino agli intricati modelli per prodotti odontoiatrici, gioielli e sculture. In passato la produzione di parti microfuse lisce e accurate comportava costi elevati e tempi lunghi di consegna legati ai modelli di fusione. Oggi l'evoluzione delle parti sta accelerando drasticamente in molti settori industriali, con conseguente riduzione dei cicli di vita dei prodotti e dei volumi di parti fuse tra un ciclo e l'altro. L’attesa di stampi per realizzare parti obsolete di aerei più vecchi significa anche ritardi nella riparazione degli aerei, con conseguenti costi di tempo e denaro. La domanda di una produzione di fonderia più rapida è in aumento in tutti i settori industriali e le fonderie devono essere pronte a rispondere.

Le moulage à modèle perdu est une méthode de fabrication précise qui apporte de la valeur ajoutée dans tous les secteurs, des pièces mécaniques, automobiles et aérospatiales aux traitements dentaires, bijoux et sculptures complexes. Pendant des siècles, les pièces coulées lisses et précises ont été obtenues au prix de coûts élevés et de longs délais de modèles de moulage. À présent, l'évolution des pièces s'accélère de manière spectaculaire dans de nombreux secteurs, ce qui se traduit par des cycles de vie des produits plus courts et des volumes de pièces moulées plus faibles entre les cycles. L'attente de l'outillage pour les pièces obsolètes destinées aux avions vieillissants entraîne également des retards dans leur réparation, ce qui coûte du temps et de l'argent. La demande d'une production en fonderie plus rapide augmente dans tous les secteurs et les fonderies doivent être prêtes à réagir.

Feinguss ist eine präzise Fertigungsmethode, die in vielen Branchen für Werthaltigkeit sorgt – von mechanischen Teilen in der Automobil-, Luftund Raumfahrtindustrie bis hin zu aufwendigen Zahnbehandlungen, Schmuck und Skulpturen. Jahrhundertelang waren hohe Kosten und lange Vorbereitungszeiten für Gussmodelle die Voraussetzung für einwandfreie und hochwertige Feingussteile. In vielen Branchen erfolgt die Entwicklung neuer Teile inzwischen drastisch schneller. Dies ermöglicht verkürzte Produktlebenszyklen und kleinere Produktionsmengen für Gussteile zwischen den einzelnen Zyklen. Es kostet Zeit und Geld, wenn sich Reparaturen an alternden Flugzeugen verzögern, weil Werkzeuge für verbrauchte Teile erst nach langen Wartezeiten verfügbar sind. Der Bedarf an schneller verfügbaren Gießereiprodukten nimmt in allen Branchen zu, und Gießereien müssen in der Lage sein, auf die verstärkte Nachfrage zu reagieren.

La tecnologia di sinterizzazione laser selettiva (SLS) è al centro dell'attenzione e in forte crescita nella produzione di massa personalizzata e nella prototipazione funzionale. Le giuste tecnologie additive, i materiali e le finiture stanno trasformando il modo di produrre. La manifattura termoplastica diretta digitale offre una qualità eccezionale che apre la porta a nuovi parametri di design non attuabili con il tradizionale stampaggio a iniezione. La produzione additiva di termoplastici evita anche i lunghi tempi di consegna e gli investimenti iniziali negli stampi e nelle attrezzature per lo stampaggio a iniezione. Se si misurano i pezzi finiti sui tre parametri: qualità, "time to market" e costo per metro cubo, in molte situazioni l'SLS industriale porta a una soluzione globalmente migliore.

Traditional methods for provisioning and deploying end-user devices can present real headaches to IT staff and business in general. In comparison, Dell Provisioning for Vmware Workspace ONE® saves time for small and large-scale deployments. This service enables a company to pre-configure devices before they leave the factory, with no ongoing IT involvement. Download this white paper from Dell and Intel® to learn how to; eliminate on-site adminstrative deployment time, deploy large quanitites of fully provisioned devices with a single one-time configuration, and, expedite getting fully configured systems to end-users.

New digital technology makes it feasible to integrate process control and safety instrumented functions within a common automation infrastructure. Download the white paper to learn more.

Leveraging IIoT advancements, learn how to break traditional barriers between your power and process control systems to solve challenges across the full lifecycle of the plant. Download the white paper to learn more.

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies and concepts can transform and enhance process safety practices if appropriately applied. Download the white paper for guidance on leveraging IIoT tools and techniques to deliver industrial safety in a profitable manner.

Industrial process safety management has evolved beyond simple functional safety. Some companies are at risk because management and business process aspects are not integrated into the overall safety plan. Such gaps can impact both operational integrity and profitable performance. Explore the change drivers affecting plant process safety management and learn how operators can find, measure, and manage gaps to maintain safe conditions and improve profitability. Download the white paper to learn more.

The demands of modern IIoT applications increases the complexity of systems infrastructure and puts additional pressure on IT and OT security. As the frequency and sophistication of cyber-attacks increase, operations must leverage industry standards to achieve consistent protection. This paper will address how IEC62443 can be applied to industrial control systems and help readers understand the various priorities and steps required to help mitigate cyber threats.

The safety of operations can have a direct, positive impact on the operational profitability of the plant. Environmental health and safety (EH&S) can now be viewed not just as a cost center, but as a profit center, and new levels of both safety and profitability can result. Real-time safe profitability is no longer a dream—it is a reality!

New trends in life cycle management of automation assets are paving the way for the “continuously current enterprise”, to improve both availability and utilization of automation assets. Download the white paper today to learn more.

NICE has made a significant investment into AI and ML techniques that are embedded into its core workforce management solution, NICE WFM. Recent advancements include learning models that find hidden patterns in the historical data used to generate forecasts for volume and work time. NICE WFM also has an AI tool that determines, from a series of more than 40 models, which single model will produce the best results for each work type being forecasted. NICE has also included machine learning in its scheduling processes which are discussed at length in the white paper.

NICE, the leader in workforce management, introduces the most advanced forecasting tools on the market with WFM 7.0. Building on its recognition as the industry standard, NICE WFM 7.0 Forecasting with Artificial Intelligence chooses the optimal daily forecast model to provide staffing levels and budgeting that are more accurate than those delivered by any other WFM solution.

NICE WFM 7.0’s Forecaster unlocks a high level of transparency into interaction history, allowing you to centrally forecast, schedule and manage contacts between multiple locations and ensure that site- and enterpriselevel objectives are met. With more than two thousand customers and two million users depending on its unparalleled ability to fine-tune the most precise forecasts, Forecaster allows you to plan and respond to the peaks and valleys of customer history through automatic collection of key historical data from all types of contact sources: • Automatic call distributors (ACDs) • Outbound dialers • Multi-channel routing platforms • Back-office employee desktops Download today to learn more.

For more than two centuries, industrial factory production has excelled in four key aspects: repeatability of the process, durability of parts produced, productivity of the workflow, and an economical total cost of operation. Factory workflows have been optimized to produce the best possible parts in volume, as inexpensively as possible. Any new production method or workflow process that hopes to be accepted alongside this standard process must meet or improve on these time-tested elements. To learn more, download this whitepaper today.

This new world is not only delivering better quality components at lower cost but is offering whole new design possibilities, new business models and new markets. The key is to know when to use metal additive manufacturing instead of or complementing conventional milling or casting. Read this executive brief to learn about the transformative value of the fifth wave of metal 3D printing, as well as compelling use cases for direct metal printing from the aerospace, automotive and industrial sectors.

Robots play a major role in making manufacturing processes more efficient and less labor intensive. They can help control costs and improve quality, as well as increase productivity. The complexity of robotic system design, however, creates obstacles for many manufacturers, and this is made more difficult by the need to identify and integrate subsystems from multiple vendors. NexCOBOT, a NEXCOM company, offers a flexible, modular robotics solution integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with machine vision and powered by the new Intel® Vision Accelerator Design products. The solution brings together the insight of artificial intelligence, the mobility of robotics, and the capabilities of machine vision, providing a new level of precision and optimization for manufacturing and industrial implementations

Download ESG’s Economic Validation Report, “Analyzing the Economic Benefits of Gigamon,” to see how Gigamon reduces false positives by 70%, decreases the cost of security personnel by 50%, eliminates redundant systems and tools and aligns SecOps and NetOps for better collaboration. Learn how a network visibility infrastructure can secure business, enable new ideas and facilitate growth. And, see why ESG believes the Gigamon Visibility Platform is a critical tool for success in today’s digital age.

Five things every CMO should know about APIs. APIs power the digital marketing channels and the applications we use today. They are a window to your company’s digital assets, exposing them so that developers and partners can build mobile apps and become an extension of your innovation engine. APIs are the technology that brings the CIO and the CMO together. In this ebook, see how a strong partnership between the CIO and CMO, centered around the customer, is essential to the success of today’s API-powered digital businesses. What’s inside? APIs open opportunities for new distribution channels APIs connect businesses and enable growth with partners and developers APIs are the foundation for data exchange in digital ecosystems APIs create more customer value with existing business assets Fill out the form to get the ebook and receive a copy via email.