Global Food & Beverage Digital Transformation Benefits Report

As we all adapt to the ‘new normal’ the Food & Beverage industry has been gradually integrating Industry 4.0 into production processes and across their value chains. The volatility we see in the market, combined with new demands to quickly improve agility and resiliency in plants and across supply chains will serve to accelerate digitization and adoption of IIoT. This report documents four core benefits of digital transformation in food & beverage, based on real-time aggregated data of companies within the industry. The results reveal that efficiency gains, reliability improvements, and cost savings are realistic and achievable using these solutions. Read More

Pre-packaged smarts: How to get your factory Industry 4.0 ready with a simple, modular solution

Dave Delany from ifm Australia likens the process of digitalising a factory to that of a kitchen pantry. The pantry may be filled with ingredients, but without a recipe or cooking experience, how do you go about prepping a meal? Where do you start? According to Delany, you don’t need to have the equivalent of a chef’s expertise in IT to get your business Industry 4.0 ready. Read more on how ifm has created a simple platform and ready-to-go software package that will protect what’s important to you, and allow you to start small, and scale fast. Read More