The term Industry 4.0 denotes a cluster of technologies that’s poised to fundamentally reshape manufacturing and bring about a new industrial revolution. These include 3D printing (AM), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed reality technologies, more commonly known as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Download Now

Predictive maintenance is not a new concept, but as the cost of industrial IoT sensors and infrastructure continues to come down, cloud-based predictive maintenance solutions are becoming an intriguing option for many companies in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. Download Now

For this report, the editors of engineering.com interviewed companies on the leading edge of implementing products as a service with a view to describing and categorizing the types of products that can be delivered as a service and the technologies that make it possible—one company in high-tech manufacturing, another who helps ensure access to clean water in developing nations, and a third in the mass transportation industry. Download Now

Digital Transformation may be defined in a number of different ways by analysts or enterprise software vendors. Download Now