Smart manufacturing, or "industry 4.0," is transforming manufacturing back into an economic powerhouse. It’s helping companies digitally transform their manufacturing operations to provide new ...

To survive in an increasingly digital world, the automotive industry needs to leverage digital thread — the seamless flow of information throughout the product lifecycle, connecting various data ...

The digital thread market size is projected to expand at a robust CAGR of 21.9% from 2025 to 2034. The market for digital threads was valued at USD 12.04 billion in 2024 and is anticipated to reach ...

I was fortunate enough to sit in on a meeting with the packaging lead at a leading luxury brand manufacturing company. We talked extensively about how they tracked product specifications: ...

What is the digital thread? And why does it matter when thinking about the operating life of an asset? PTC, who recently acquired ServiceMax, gives this definition: A digital thread creates a closed ...

Austin, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Digital Thread Market size was worth USD 11.76 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 52.69 Billion by 2032, expanding at a CAGR of 20.64% over ...

Product development, no matter the industry, is both an art and a science. Bringing a concept to life requires intensive research, ingenuity, risk-taking, iteration, testing, and a little magic. More ...

This is an online sidebar for the July 2020 article, “Composites 4.0: Digital transformation, adaptive production, new paradigms”. When I first discussed these concepts in 2016, they were still ...

As explained in the Automation World feature on the digital thread, though definitions of this technology concept may differ depending on the provider or manufacturing end user you’re speaking with, ...

If you’re a manufacturer using legacy technology and systems to run your business, your business isn’t on the competitive stage. Legacy systems are difficult to automate, unable to share data and are, ...