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In the future, human and machine in the form of human and artificial intelligence or skills will share the work of increasing equipment productivity. Where are the tasks of the …

Changeover times play a major role within the losses of equipment effectiveness. The Toyota Production System devotes a significant chapter to reducing changeover losses with the SMED methodology. But how …

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and neural networks are major topics in the future of industrial productivity. Much is discussed at the headline level. In this article, we’ll give you an …

Productivity improvements are a perennial favorite in the manufacturing industry. Whether costs should be lowered to increase competitiveness, the required labor simply is not available or an equipment has become …

In addition to his work as a consultant at the Institute for Productivity KG in Aachen, Germany, Joern Steinbeck is also the founder of oee.ai. He was interviewed by Ravi …

At the end of November 2018 we had, represented by our managing director and co-founder Prof. Dr. Markus Focke, the opportunity to give a keynote at the Smart Factory @ …

The data flow of plant productivity is speaking, but we humans do not listen. In the future, artificial intelligence will be able to identify the signal in the noise, that …

Hardware development is a complex undertaking. What applies to established companies such as Apple, is only right for start-ups validity. If a start-up with little previous experience, a small team …

The voice control of Alexa, Siri, Cortana and Co conquers after the private household now the industry. A natural voice input of data or voice control of commands without a …

Machine data is one of the fastest growing areas of so-called “big data” in companies – and parts of this machine data can be used to calculate the OEE. The …