The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has chosen Liferay as a core digital infrastructure component in the factory of the future at the Digital Manufacturing Accelerator (DMA).The initiative lets manufacturers experience the advantages of industry 4.0, IoT, smart manufacturing, robotics, and automation in a risk-free environment with accurate financial and operational projections in relation to selected…
Zoe Jackson, Vice President Manufacturing and Automotive, and Graham Upton, Chief Architect, Intelligent Industry, explore some of the common themes from the digital transformation in manufacturing roundtable discussion at The Manufacturer magazine’s recent Leaders’ Summit.When it comes to digital transformation in manufacturing, the challenges along the journey are multifaceted and complex, and many businesses are…
The standard IQ test for people has been established for many years now. Though the content within these tests has been cleverly and carefully put together, there are different kinds of “smarts” among people. It is likely that people who are putting together IQ tests will favor the kinds of “smarts” that they themselves have. Humans…
SME manufacturers adopting robotics and automation, with the support of Made Smarter, are creating hundreds of new and upskilled jobs.Since 2019 the North West Adoption Programme, a collaboration between UK government and industry designed to support the increased use of digital technologies, has supported 41 businesses with 45 technology projects focused on robotics and automation…
The Manufacturer is delighted to announce that The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) are moving the date of their Digitalising Manufacturing Conference to be part of Digital Manufacturing Week. The Digitalising Manufacturing Conference has previously been run in October, but this year, in partnership with The Manufacturer, the event will be held virtually on 9th November, and…
Thales UK is involved in every cutting-edge development underpinning society’s digital transformation, from artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, to predictive maintenance, quantum computing, and everything in-between. Jonny Williamson sat down with Chief Technology Officer, Paul Gosling, to hear what the future holds.Whether in the air, on the ground, at the bottom of the ocean or…