CESMII: Smart Manufacturing News and Major Events

​In the article "Smart Manufacturing: The Path to the Future," John Dyck, CEO of CESMII, and Olivia Morales, Senior Solution Architect at CESMII, explore the transformative potential of smart manufacturing in the industrial sector. They discuss how integrating advanced technologies can enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and drive innovation. The authors...

This panel explores the current state of U.S. manufacturing, what technologies the next few decades will bring, and what steps companies, big and small, can take to future-proof their business. Experts from the Manufacturing USA network, with diverse manufacturing backgrounds, will discuss innovations in areas like predictive analytics, automation, sustainability,...

Biopharmaceutical supply chains are complex and globally dispersed, making them vulnerable to disruptions. To enhance resilience, NIIMBL and CESMII, with support from the Gates Foundation, are exploring a Supply Chain Data Exchange framework using CESMII’s Smart Manufacturing model. Join our virtual workshop on April 11, 2025 (11:00 AM – 1:30...

Jonathan Wise Chief Technology ArchitectCESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute https://github.com/jwise-mfg"Making manufacturing smart requires a multi-discipline effort to extract good information from challenging data sources, so I can endorse all paths that lead us there” — Jonathan Wise This month, I was challenged to attend the ProveIt! Conference. To be...

CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute proudly welcomes Verizon as its newest member, marking a significant step forward in driving smart manufacturing adoption. This collaboration highlights a shared vision to leverage digital transformation and cutting-edge technologies to advance the future of manufacturing. Verizon’s expertise in providing secure, real-time connectivity and...

A coalition of industry leaders, including Clean Energy and Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), the Labs Network Industrie 4.0 (LNI 4.0), the Digital Twin Consortium, the ECLASS e.V., the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA), the OPC Foundation (OPCF), the VDMA and the ZVEI, have announced a unified system architecture to...

CESMII and NIST MEP have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate smart manufacturing adoption among small and medium-sized U.S. manufacturers (SMMs). Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the collaboration will harness CESMII’s expertise in smart manufacturing and NIST MEP's national network to deliver resources, technology, and education that enhance productivity...

The International Manufacturing-X Council (IM-X Council) has launched its new website, marking a significant milestone in the global push toward Smart Manufacturing. As a collaborative network of industry, government, and academia, the IM-X Council aims to build a decentralized data ecosystem that enhances data sovereignty, transparency, and resilience across supply...

Quickbase has partnered with CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute, reinforcing its commitment to advancing smart manufacturing. Quickbase’s AI-powered platform enables manufacturers to quickly build custom apps for operational tasks like production control, asset management, and quality assurance, all in one place. This partnership aligns with CESMII’s mission to transform...

Hear from local manufacturers who are taking ownership for building their digital capabilities and developing their own strategic Smart Manufacturing roadmap - with a little help from their friends. Join leaders from two northeast Ohio manufacturers and the NxGen Group as they share insights on their journeys, working within the...

How can smart manufacturing revolutionize the U.S. industrial landscape, especially for smaller manufacturers struggling with a digital divide? In this Titanium Economy episode, John Dyck, CEO of the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), shares his deep expertise in manufacturing, automation, and software. He's dedicated to reducing technical debt...

Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 are driving the digital transformation of industrial processes. This digital transformation enables enhanced productivity, real-time data and analytics, flexibility and customization, optimized supply networks, energy efficiency and sustainability, and improved workforce development. Barriers to the realization of these goals include the legacy of lacking integration...

In the upcoming RFP, CESMII will pursue a selected number of projects that demonstrate scaling and deployment of SM solutions across companies in individual industries and cross-industry supply chains. Scaling and deploying will demonstrate industry integration, implementation, and reusability of existing SM solutions, practices, and infrastructure. The solutions will focus...

Discover how the Smart Manufacturing Executive Council (SMEC) is setting a strategic course to rejuvenate U.S. manufacturing and regain global competitiveness. This council, comprised entirely of manufacturers, recently documented their point-of-view on the promises Smart Manufacturing holds for each manufacturer and their collective impact on the U.S. economy.

Join the team from Andersen Corporation as they share insights on building a strategic Smart Manufacturing Roadmap with the CESMII Acceleration Framework. Discover how Andersen took ownership of the entire process from conception to execution and results-with tools provided by CESMII and invaluable guidance from the NxGen Group. We'll explore...

Discover how CESMII's Smart Manufacturing Architecture (SM Architecture) revolutionizes industrial data integration, bridging the gap from edge to application. Through a converged architecture leveraging PLCNext's control and information capabilities, we showcase automated discovery of profiled equipment instances directly from the PLC. Witness self-configuring applications seamlessly adapting to plant floor changes,...

Discover how CESMII's Smart Manufacturing Architecture (SM Architecture) revolutionizes industrial data integration, bridging the gap from edge to application. Through a converged architecture leveraging PLCNext's control and information capabilities, we showcase automated discovery of profiled equipment instances directly from the PLC. Witness self-configuring applications seamlessly adapting to plant floor changes,...

Twelve semiconductor fab operators are forging a new business model for AI-enabled smart manufacturing based on the sharing and aggregation of data across companies for mutual benefit. Join our next session of the CESMII Smart Manufacturing Mindset™ series to hear from one of those operator-company leaders and a coordinating group...

The OPC Foundation, a global consortium tasked with the development and maintenance of industrial interoperability standards, also develops solutions to fulfill governmental regulations for interoperable systems. This work is carried out in close collaboration with several cooperation partners like CESMII, the VDMA, and the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell...