Nov 14, 2023
As Industry 4.0 is revolutionising multiple industries and sectors the world over, we find ourselves at the precipice of a transformative era with automation and robotics technologies breaking new ground on an almost day-to-day basis. Yaskawa envisions a future where...
Jul 4, 2023
It is not unusual for costs to overrun as much as 80% on construction projects, but the current variability of labour and material costs – especially on long-running projects – has resulted in cost overruns of up to 200%. This is not sustainable in a time...
Jun 26, 2023
Industry 4.0 is driving manufacturers to increasingly harness and use big data to enable responsive, optimised outputs. However, investment in technologies is irrelevant without data analytics to understand the internal and external factors impacting on a business. By...
Jun 22, 2023
Legacy sectors, like mining and resources, remain a staple of South Africa’s economic growth and the growth of its road transport and logistics systems, along with the dominant manufacturing sector. The need for AI-enabled telematics solutions is urgently needed...
Jun 15, 2023
Food goes to waste at every stage in the food manufacturing and distribution process – from farming and production to packaging, storage, distribution, retail and finally, once it reaches consumers. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United...
Jun 1, 2023
The average modern industrial plant uses less than 27% of the data it generates, according to industry experts at the ARC Advisory Group, Boston. Typically, the remaining 73% of data – much of it produced by plant process-control system as high-frequency...