Industrial processes have been mechanized, electrified and digitized. In the next step they become intelligent. However, the lines between virtual and real worlds become only slowly blurred.

The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted U.S. manufacturing as core to America’s critical infrastructure. Manufacturing priorities have become national priorities as leaders reassess the industry’s ...

Traditional in-person factory acceptance testing, also known as witness testing, is a challenge during a pandemic. To keep projects moving, power management company Eaton developed a virtual method to ...

BMW Group is ramping up its Virtual Factory initiative, applying digital twin technology to over 30 production facilities worldwide. This innovative approach allows the automaker to validate and ...

LG CNS is focusing on the virtual factory business as one of its next business targets, as more companies are interested in creating the same type of facility so as to prevent possible accidents as ...

The age of virtualization is upon us, and in this item from Larry Holzer who worked with me in industrial computers a few years ago, we discover the benefits of the virtual desktop. If you were asked ...

Virtual planning is key to BMW’s iFACTORY strategy, utilising tools that integrate building, equipment, logistics, and vehicle data with 3D process simulations. Credit: The BMW Group. The BMW Group is ...

When VMware developed an efficient virtual machine (VM) for computer operating systems, it transformed IT and eventually paved the way for cloud and modern IT services. Now Siemens is paving the road ...

Major changes to industrial plants are looming on the hori- zon. Customers are demanding increasingly more custom- ized, differentiated products. Manufacturers are experiencing a fourth industrial ...