At CEA List premises, the Factory Lab is testing the implementation of the latest technology innovations at production sites. Increasingly, automation is enabling cobots (from collaborative robots) to assist humans in carrying out a variety of tasks. Is this something out of science fiction? No. At the Factory Lab, at the premises of the French […]
The development of digital technology has given rise to a huge amount of industrial innovation. And not only is there a lot of it, it is also useful: new technologies can help make our factories more productive, more agile and more intelligent, while allowing personnel to refocus on their core activities. Too few French businesses […]
Global electricity demand will double over the next 25 years. The task facing market players today is to show what monetary value can be offered by energy consumption management. More flexible, more proactive in maintaining a balance between production and consumption… Electricity networks, too, are getting smarter. And with good reason: “Whatever type of primary energy is used to generate […]
Increasing digitisation enables IT managers to make the transition from investment to operations; even better, it allows them to “resell” this model to their own internal clients. All functions within companies are changing quickly due to information technology: internal processes, supplier integration, broader business ecosystems, client relationships, new services, and new business models. These transformations […]
In time, towns and cities may no longer own their lighting infrastructure, but will instead buy access to levels of illumination. Cities will not only be part of the service delivery revolution, they are likely to be the most obvious source of the various forms of connected intelligence. Their size and their concentration and range […]
As-a-Service. The expression has become the credo of proponents of a new approach to the way in which relationships, information and business are balanced within companies. It’s a buoyant market, but one that is still developing. Originally, the expression “as a service” comes from the acronym SaaS, or Software as a Service, a model in […]
Innovation is overvalued and maintenance often matters a lot more, according to Andrew Russell, Professor and Dean of Arts & Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, New York, and his colleague Lee Vinsel. Provocatively titled “Hail the Maintainers”, their essay, which makes the case for industry to tone down the innovation fever and put […]
A competitive landscape requires competitive performance, which is why efforts to improve energy efficiency are key to drive industrial performance. The challenges are high in the very competitive industrial sector. According to ADEME (the French Environment and Energy Management Agency), 20% of energy saving can be achieved by 2030 through investment in efficient equipment, the […]
To prevent a Google-like company from seizing the leadership position in industrial development, Paris and Berlin have laid the foundation for the French-German academy for the industry of the future. France was not the first country in Europe to support the forward-looking industry movement, but it seems determined to make up for lost time. To […]
