As state and local governments rely more on information technology to deliver better services and improve efficiency, they have turned increasingly to systems integrators to design and deploy their ...

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In today’s increasingly complex and digitally driven supply chain, where competitive advantage can quickly evaporate and on-time practically means yesterday, smart integration is essential to stay ...

Most manufacturing environments are federated systems. In manufacturing, the term federation describes a collection of devices and software from multiple vendors that must work together to support ...

In recent years, businesses of all sizes have increasingly relied on digital tools and technologies. There has been a rapid increase in adopting the newest trends to enhance productivity and ...

Picture this: The CEO of a major corporation arrives early at his company's 40-story office building. He swipes his access card and the door from the underground parking garage immediately unlocks, ...

The Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI) brings together experts to improve understanding of how people and organizational systems interact with technology. It identifies critical issues in ...

Plant owners and operators are always trying to do more with less, but finding solutions to the problems currently impacting manufacturing environments isn’t so simple. The reason is that ...

ISA-95, also known as ANSI/ISA-95 or IEC 62264, is an international set of standards aimed at integrating logistics systems with manufacturing control systems. It organizes technology and business ...

The Adjutant General’s (AG) Corps is the lead proponent with the responsibility and mandate to ensure that human resources (HR) capabilities, as an integral part of the sustainment warfighting ...

Ever since the requirements set forth in the new Chapter 5 of SOLAS-74 Convention, adopted in IMO Resolution MSC.99(73) dd. December 5, 2000, came into effect, the AIS (Automatic Identification System ...