Industrial processes have been mechanized, electrified and digitized. In the next step they become intelligent. However, the lines between virtual and real worlds become only slowly blurred.

Traditional in-person factory acceptance testing, also known as witness testing, is a challenge during a pandemic. To keep projects moving, power management company Eaton developed a virtual method to ...

A virtual manufacturing process for medical devices that integrates several software packages has been shown to improve a device’s robustness and reduce the time to market, as well as resulting in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted U.S. manufacturing as core to America’s critical infrastructure. Manufacturing priorities have become national priorities as leaders reassess the industry’s ...

LG CNS is focusing on the virtual factory business as one of its next business targets, as more companies are interested in creating the same type of facility so as to prevent possible accidents as ...

Chrysler has partnered with Google Maps to launch a virtual tour of its Michigan factory that builds the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200. The virtual tour, with 360-degree interactive films and photography, ...

When VMware developed an efficient virtual machine (VM) for computer operating systems, it transformed IT and eventually paved the way for cloud and modern IT services. Now Siemens is paving the road ...

Major changes to industrial plants are looming on the hori- zon. Customers are demanding increasingly more custom- ized, differentiated products. Manufacturers are experiencing a fourth industrial ...