Preparing for the Era of Smart Manufacturing

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The global manufacturing industry is on the verge of what many are calling its fourth Industrial Revolution.

In Germany, the wave of manufacturing change is called Industry 4.0. Elsewhere, it has been dubbed “smart factory” or “advanced manufacturing.” Regardless of the moniker, the idea is the same: the future of manufacturing must pull together the worlds of the virtual (wireless networking) and the physical (factory floors) to create automated manufacturing.
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