98 FEATURE “Traditional manufacturing must evolve to hybrid-cloud solutions to digitally transform and create new value. Using IoT solutions from Rockwell Automation and Microsoft, customers can build advanced cloud-based analytical solutions at enterprise scale, transform connected data into actionable insights, modernise business processes and meet sustainability goals. Digital twins are quickly becoming a key component of the factory of the future. Digital twins combine and contextualise data across the heterogeneous manufacturing environment to create a single source of truth, allowing users to monitor and analyse realtime and historical data. Microsoft and Rockwell Automation are partnering to develop solutions that use AI and other technologies to empower companies to run modern, intelligent and sustainable manufacturing facilities.” “Automated production will require software that can determine optimal machine settings, monitor production for problems and recommend or execute fixes. Sight Machine’s Manufacturing Data Platform uses AI to analyse the entire available production history to identify the optimal settings that lead to the best results, for every combination of conditions encountered, including raw materials mix, environmental conditions and type of output. With the combined power of Sight Machine, Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing and Microsoft Azure Digital Twins, companies can improve production and optimise resource utilisation to build more intelligent factories.” “In today’s inflation-affected and supply-chaindisrupted world, accounts payable (AP) automation emerges as a crucial innovation, streamlining operations, improving efficiency and reducing costs through digitising manual processes. It accelerates invoice processing, minimises manual errors and improves cash flow management, while also enabling strategic problem solving within AP departments. With cloud-based flexibility, Metafile’s AP automation solution integrates with Microsoft Dynamics 365 to support remote work and offers a comprehensive view of the manufacturing supply chain, aiding disruption avoidance. It supplies valuable data for better decision-making, complements digital twins in manufacturing for financial insights and scales with business growth, promoting sustainability and profitability.” Andy Birkey Marketing Communications Specialist, Metafile Information Systems Andrew Ellis Vice President, Global Portfolio Engineering, Rockwell Automation Sudhir Arni Senior Vice President, Business Outcomes, Sight Machine
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