Top Innovators driving the Digital Transformation in Tomorrow’s Factory
9th August 2021
Industrial and Agile: Industrial Digital Transformation in Tomorrow’s Factory
Industrial Digital Transformation
Leading industrial manufacturing companies are competing and partnering with Big Tech organisation like Google, Microsoft and IBM as the digital transformation in the industry becomes crucial for survival.
Besides advanced analytics, industrial IoT and cloud computing are high on the agenda for investors. Manufacturers want to be able to make proactive decisions to maximise their performance, respond to demand fluctuations and make sure they’re flexible in their everyday operations. Could IoT and cloud computing help manufacturers become more resilient to future “black swan” events and a future pandemic?
This article explores how Big Tech companies are driving digital transformation in the modern factory and looks through a patent lens at the innovations and emerging key players dominating this space. This data-led approach uncovered the following insights:
- advances in technology like Artificial Intelligence have sparked an arms race for manufacturers to become leaner and more efficient,
- Big Tech is asserting operation technology leadership and innovation across the manufacturing landscape, with Amazon among the top 3,
- asset tracking solutions are being adopted at pace and are a focus area for optimisation for partnerships like SAP and Oracle.
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- Dec 7
Who are the major players in automotive #lidar technology? Watch a video of the recent joint Cipher and @GlobalPriorArt webinar, for trends and future product options: https://t.co/MuZyzNFrlg #lidar #businesswebinars #automotivetechnology #electricvehicles https://t.co/tSlgkLhaBU
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- Dec 5
Leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms – such as @ProcterGamble and @Unilever – appear on our list of the companies patenting new sustainable #detergents? Who else features? Read our full report: https://t.co/pr3hGMIbVW #environmentaltechnology #patentsearch https://t.co/H6TzJMrzd1
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- Dec 4
Hear details from the hosts about the special edition we’re planning for our end of year #CipherVision podcast in this teaser trailer: https://t.co/pnO1HbATsN #businesspodcasts #IP #patents https://t.co/ZbiEVoffZY
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- Dec 2
“#Supermajors‘ innovation has been weighted towards technology areas associated with the categories of Materials, Mechanical and Sensors & Optics.” Read our updated Oil & Gas #energytransition report to see how each of them performed: https://t.co/lMhVgsywmT #patentdata https://t.co/PKTtW6zv6e
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- Dec 1
If you weren’t at IP Service World in Munich last week to hear our Cipher Certified presentation, we have a webinar recording from earlier this year. ‘Build Your Own View of the Technology Landscape’ provides an overview: https://t.co/cpEzZa2dKB https://t.co/AzCrEzQzDv
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RT @premier_cercle: Thrilled to have @cipher_ai ‘s CEO Nigel Swycher with us at this 8th annual edition of this Strategic Aerospace Seminar…
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Our CEO @swychern talks on ‘Patent Value – A Fresh Perspective’ at the Strategic Aerospace Seminar in Paris tomorrow (1 Dec). Can’t make it but interested in the topic? Links and a video summary from Nigel are on our website: https://t.co/cWpAXLJPVW #valuation #patents https://t.co/QUNqZGO1oz
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- Nov 29
How to put a #valuation on a patent? “‘In situ’ #valuation offers the opportunity for the board to quantify the value of #patents and encourages an organisation to articulate and quantify why they are investing in patents.” Our report has more detail: https://t.co/epn7Owj3z5 https://t.co/aOqEmNyb7s
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- Nov 28
Which companies are patenting sustainable #detergents? Our report has sections on: Bio-surfactants, Optimal solubility and efficiency of enzymes, Concentrated formulations and renewable materials: https://t.co/G9Xn0qERMi #environmentaltechnology #patentsearch https://t.co/R5gaY7S6fU
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Oil and Gas Supermajors – Energy Transition
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Sustainability and detergents: environmentally friendly innovation
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