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The Value of Runtime Knowledge Management


In clinical and commercial manufacturing when measures are taken to prevent deviations, the findings aren’t often shared across the enterprise and when corrective actions are taken to resolve an issue, they often don’t address the actual root cause(s). The Applied SmartFactory® Rx™ Knowledge Management solution allows knowledge captured in the R&D and design phases to be used th... » read more

Adapt Or Fall Behind: Surviving And Thriving In The Competitive Jungle Of Plant Operations Scheduling And IIoT


Biopharmaceutical manufacturing has required significant technological developments in the area of cell culture, chromatography, and purification. It is no small miracle that every day across the world, millions of liters of cell culture capacity generates life-saving medicines for the patients who need it. The bio-manufacturing process is unique in its need for— Tight regulation of an i... » read more

Moving Toward The Smart Factory In Microelectronics Manufacturing


The era of smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and the smart factory promises significant opportunities to reduce cost, boost productivity and improve quality in microelectronics manufacturing. But it also presents the industry with new, unique challenges. Smart manufacturing (SM) is a term “generally applied to a movement in manufacturing practices towards integration up and down the supply... » read more

Patterning Interconnects At 10nm And Below


By Connie Duncan Chip manufacturers today build billions of transistors on a chip, delivering incredible computing power to consumers. What often gets overlooked is how hard it’s getting to create the many miles of ultra-thin copper wiring used to connect each of the transistors. Patterning these electrical pathways is becoming increasingly challenging as they grow denser and finer, and any ... » read more

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