The industry is under the shadow of the CoronaVirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dr M ArokiaswamyWhile writing the editorial for the March 2020 edition, I had mentioned: “As this edition goes to the press, the crisis has spread across the world, albeit in small numbers. There are enormous implications of this crisis in terms of human lives as well as lost business.” That was on February 25th. The crisis has snowballed during this period and today there is fear in the air. As on the morning of March 21, the total death toll stands at 11,397, with a total of 275,427 persons affected globally. The silver lining to what is a massive dark cloud, is the 88,250 who... Read More
Experts debate the impact of emerging technologies on industry in general, manufacturing operations in particular. The power of the Internet has unleashed several business models leading to the emergence of a whole new set of technologies, not all of them new. Artificial Intelligence was mentioned in the 1950s, cloud computing in mid-1990s and so was Blockchain. Data has always been around without the means of sifting though it meaningfully. The proliferation of sensors in the IIoT era has only accelerated the pace of its generation. Together, these are the technologies that are helping enterprises in their digital transformation journey.So what exactly is the kind o... Read More
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