Technology plays a major role in efficient manufacturing and the early adoption of emerging technologies can lead to a significant competitive advantage. As a result many manufacturers are looking towards digitization to drive profitability and maintain competitiveness. To help us understand how digitization is changing the manufacturing landscape we sat down with Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services, to gather their thoughts on this burgeoning trend. Cognizant eBook, The Digitization of Manufacturing Don’t forget to stop by Booth #15 at the American Manufacturing Summit taking place in Chicago next week!
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Technology plays a major role in efficient manufacturing and the early adoption of emerging technologies can lead to a significant competitive advantage. As a result many manufacturers are looking towards digitization to drive profitability and maintain competitiveness. To help us understand how digitization is changing the manufacturing landscape we sat down with Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services, to gather their thoughts on this burgeoning trend. The Digitization of Manufacturing
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Additive manufacturing technologies will revolutionize industrial manufacturing over the next few years. Manufacturers such as GE and 3M are already leveraging 3D printing technologies for product prototyping and direct parts production. Beyond product prototyping, Cognizant, a global leader in business and technology services, believes that manufacturers will be able to reduce time to market, improve quality, shorten supply chains and achieve production at scale through the adoption of additive manufacturing techniques. To help guide and inform manufacturers, Cognizant has developed a maturity model and assessment framework that enables informed decision-making on additive manufacturing adoption for volume production. In the whitepaper below Cognizant addresses the key challenges and opportunities in adopting additive manufacturing and outlines the framework required. Printing the Future From Prototype to Production To hear more from Cognizant, join them at Booth #15 at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place next month in Chicago!
Read More →Using IoT To Become An Informed Manufacturer: The Why and How
The inter-connectivity of objects is generating unprecedented opportunities for innovation within industrial and consumer markets. IoT (Internet of things) defines this new connectivity. Sensors embedded within objects allow them to communicate with each other while continually gathering and transmitting large volumes of data about the current state of the object and its surroundings. Whether it be the communication of a heart sensor with a health monitor, the communication of a car engine with the display dashboard or the coordination of transportation fleets based on their current location, IoT is changing the way individuals, businesses and industries interact with the world around them. From an industrial perspective, IoT can enable streamlined processes, labor cost reductions and increased productivity through connectivity and automation. Manufacturers will be able to reap great rewards from these new technologies, as IoT may be applied across multiple segments throughout the manufacturing value chain. Cognizant, a global leader in business and technology services, has created a fantastic whitepaper that explains how IoT enables informed manufacturing and how manufacturers can jump-start their IoT journey. The Cognizant whitepaper (below) breaks down the 4 elements in informed manufacturing organizations; informed products, processes, people and infrastructure. It describes the promise of and potential uses of IoT within manufacturing and also explains the steps that manufacturers should take on their road to becoming an informed manufacturing organization. Designing-for-Manufacturings-Internet-of-Things To hear more from Cognizant, join them at Booth #15 at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place next month in Chicago!
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