
Interview with Heino Erdmann, Sage

Interview with Heino Erdmann, Sage

The 7KN powercenter3000 IoT data platform from Siemens will be available from June 2019. The data platform simplifies energy management for companies thanks to the permanently accessible overview.

Interview with Stefan Hoppe, OPC Foundation

Inside the Smart Factory - Part 1
Bluetooth improves support for location services with a new direction finding function. This can be used to determine the direction of a Bluetooth device and develop location systems with a location accuracy of a few centimeters.

Evaluation of process performance
The new analysis software ams.process mining from ams.Solution provides starting points for the continuous improvement process for individual, contract and variant manufacturers.

The digitalization of the world of work is accompanied by new demands on employees. The change is that employees are now expected to be self-organized and permanently in learning mode. For companies, it is now a question of challenging employees without overtaxing them and thus frustrating them.

Optimization of material replenishment...
The "Wireless" division of Steute Technologies is presenting an automated system solution for optimizing material replenishment processes for the first time. The new development digitizes, networks and automates the Kanban process with wireless sensors.
Bringing Internet of Things projects from the whiteboard into practice is still a major challenge in industry. However, some application examples show how IoT projects can be implemented quickly and easily with the help of IoT platforms.

Digitalization is not only changing work processes in companies. It also places completely new demands on the recruitment of employees. In industry at least, qualified specialists are not easy to find - or to keep. HR departments therefore have to find new ways to find workers and convince them of the company's merits.