CONTENTS JANUARY 2022 SMC


InternationalTraining has developed a modular system which simulates a highly automated smart factor y,


SIF-400: Smart Innovative


Factory For Training


including Industry 4.0 technologies, advanced manufacturing concepts and the reality of the connected enterprise in processes surrounding production, assembly, logistics and management.


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 


COVER STORY


8 Industry 4.0: The fourth industrial revolution, by Paul Murphy, SMC Industrial Automation (Ireland) Limited


OPINION


12 Defending against the ongoing supply chain tsunami and lessons for the future


FEATURES Industry 4.0 16 A new era of industrial computing


Warehousing & Materials Handling


18 The leaner, greener and meaner approach to sustainability


22 Save the planet by looking into space


Facilities Management 24 Yokogawa launches OpreX Managed Service -Cloud Edition-





 from manufacturers who operate within    


   


Flow & Level control 28 Predicting future changes in water quality


30 Endress+Hauser launches advanced clamp-on 


Test & Measurement 32 Water just got smarter


NEWS 4 DS Smith accelerates carbon reduction plans


EDITOR


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