CESMII: Smart Manufacturing News and Major Events

Over the past few years, the concept of smart manufacturing has been evolving among early adopters, expert practitioners, and industry strategists.

The world of manufacturing is undergoing a significant step change. Smart technologies are merging to create new AI solutions, digital twins, digital threads, industrial IoT, AR/VR solutions and more.

Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute (Purdue Polytechnic) is receiving support from major technology companies for the college’s Smart Manufacturing program and facilities.

An Interview with Dr. Servio Butkewitsch-Chose of the University of Pittsburgh. Optimization is one of those new opportunities in Smart Manufacturing.

CESMII - the Smart Manufacturing Institute announced four (4) EWD proposal teams selected for project negotiations

This 6 degrees webinar is all about the vision for 2021. We cover what we see as areas of focus.

See CESMII’s John Dyck as Keynote Speaker: Virtually Connecting Manufacturing Professionals to Real Solutions.

John Dyck participates in a Panel Discussion – “Data Entrepreneurship and Investment in a Changing World” held by RMDS.

The OPC Foundation held a Press Conference at the Virtual SPS Event in Germany, November 2020 with Google, Microsoft and CESMII.

See CESMII’s Conrad Leiva speak on November 18th at 1:30 – 5:00pm EST. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the poor adaptability of the manufacturing workforce and the inflexibility of manufacturing supply chains to rapidly changing economic forces.

Join Cisco manufacturing leader Steve Gansen and Miguel Corcio, Director, CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute, a program at UCLA, to hear industry insights and how manufacturers are navigating towards new resilient organizations.

Innovation Projects are designed to rapidly develop solutions to solve challenging manufacturing use cases for processes and equipment relevant for CESMII’s membership.

Retrospective of 2020 – Review of all interviews about “What does Smart Manufacturing Look Like?” In 2020, we reached a level of maturity. Smart Manufacturing is now in the Mainstream.

ASME’s Public Affairs and Outreach (PAO) Council, a group of 30 engineers, is analyzing the advanced manufacturing landscape—identifying cross-cutting opportunities and challenges for ASME.

CESMII Announces Request for Proposals (RFP 2 – Wave 4, Round 2) for Roadmap Projects.

It’s not just about connectivity any more. The new frontier in interoperability is about Data Models and passing Context from one application to another.

Get up-to-speed with smart technologies and learn how to get started at The Best of SMX. Attend visionary keynotes, explore interactive exhibits, network, and learn from experts – you’ll come away with the knowledge to help your business succeed now and in the future.

OPC Foundation and CESMII initiated new joint working group joined by major industry players to enable manufacturers to speed up pre-built shop floor and digitalization applications.

Pennsylvania State University (PSU) developed a Factory 4.0 learning system for education on manufacturing data science skills with hands on experience using a benchtop extrusion machine that they co-developed with MIT.

See CESMII’s John Dyck speak on October 15th at 11:00am The Investment Casting Institute holds a yearly Technical Conference and Exposition.