Traditional in-person factory acceptance testing, also known as witness testing, is a challenge during a pandemic. To keep projects moving, power management company Eaton developed a virtual method to ...

Industrial processes have been mechanized, electrified and digitized. In the next step they become intelligent. However, the lines between virtual and real worlds become only slowly blurred.

BMW Group is ramping up its Virtual Factory initiative, applying digital twin technology to over 30 production facilities worldwide. This innovative approach allows the automaker to validate and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted U.S. manufacturing as core to America’s critical infrastructure. Manufacturing priorities have become national priorities as leaders reassess the industry’s ...

LG CNS is focusing on the virtual factory business as one of its next business targets, as more companies are interested in creating the same type of facility so as to prevent possible accidents as ...

CUBE Studio is the first launch partner; it is working with Final Pixel on an accessible virtual production offering, designed for UK brands and creative agencies When you purchase through links on ...

Virtual planning is key to BMW’s iFACTORY strategy, utilising tools that integrate building, equipment, logistics, and vehicle data with 3D process simulations. Credit: The BMW Group. The BMW Group is ...

Chrysler has partnered with Google Maps to launch a virtual tour of its Michigan factory that builds the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200. The virtual tour, with 360-degree interactive films and photography, ...

Compiled By Deborah Austin The Virtual Factory -- a suite of collaborative applications to help global manufacturers manage multiple locations, processes, and companies as a single factory -- has been ...

When VMware developed an efficient virtual machine (VM) for computer operating systems, it transformed IT and eventually paved the way for cloud and modern IT services. Now Siemens is paving the road ...

Major changes to industrial plants are looming on the hori- zon. Customers are demanding increasingly more custom- ized, differentiated products. Manufacturers are experiencing a fourth industrial ...