Canadian Industrial Machinery Article - The Internet Comes to Manufacturing

Joe Thompson wrote a great article for Canadian Industrial Machinery that was titled:

The Internet Comes to Manufacturing

The digital age has arrived on the shop floor, increasing process speed, reducing nonproductive time.

It was published on July 10, 2013

Joe starts off the article with, "If data is being collected, then it should be used. And, once again,new technology enables this."

Joe goes on to say, "Imagine anywhere, anytime access to all facets of your manufacturing process."

Note: The photo to the right is from the article.

As I am quoted in the article by Joe, "Unless you have been in the computer industry for a couple of decades, chances are that cloud computing is difficult to comprehend and very misunderstood,” explained Dave Edstrom, CEO and CTO of Virtual Photons Electrons, Ashburn, Va.

Edstrom also is the author of MTConnect: To Measure Is To Know, a book that addresses how open-source, royalty-free standards systems can revolutionize the business of manufacturing.

Cloud computing has potential to be game-changing technology in manufacturing for everyone from small shops to extremely large manufacturing plants. The key is understanding the process, asking the right questions, and making wise decisions.

“Cloud computing is important for manufacturing because it allows companies to avoid the countless business and technical issues associated with running their own data centers and save money by paying only for the computing resources when they need it on a pay-as-you-go model,” said Edstrom."

 Above were just snippets, please go check out Joe's great article and thanks to Joe Thompson and the great folks at Canadian Industrial Machinery!