Grove Ventures, a leading Israeli venture fund, together with Start-Up Nation Central, conducted a comprehensive research mapping more than a hundred local startups which operate in the Industry 4.0 ecosystem.

To truly understand the risks and rewards of being among your industry’s leaders during this transformation, bring the debate down to earth. Consider one of the fundamental issues you deal with every day: the cost of poor quality and downtime.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in business technology, and industrial companies have taken notice. By deploying the right combination of AI technologies, producers can boost efficiency, improve flexibility, accelerate processes, and even enable self-optimizing operations.

Technological breakthroughs are producing sweeping changes throughout the economy, from manufacturing to your check-out lane at Wal-Mart, and from legal research to laser surgery.

Growth in the first industrial revolution was driven by engineering, the second through electricity and production lines, and the third by technology and information.

בימים אלו העולם נמצא בעיצומה של הטמעת מערכות טכנולוגיות חכמות לצורך ייעול ובקרה של תהליכי ייצור תעשייתי מסורתיים ■ אם ישראל תשכיל לזהות את הפוטנציאל האדיר של המהפכה ותצמיח את הסטארט-אפים הבאים בתחום - היא תוכל להוביל את זירת החדשנות

It might seem too soon to declare the next industrial revolution is upon us but the adoption of digital technology has snowballed to the point where we’re ready for another sweeping change: Industry 4.0

So far, the IIoT wave transforming asset-heavy industries has been led by the old guard of tech giants such as GE, IBM, and Cisco.

A few days ago, a company called Echelon caused a stir when it released a new product called IzoT. You may never have heard of Echelon; for most of us, they are merely a part of the invisible glue that connects modern life. But more than 100 million products — from street lights to gas pumps to HVAC systems...

Manufacturers are turning to the industrial internet of things to improve factory efficiency and prevent machine failures, but issues like cybersecurity and latency remain.

For years, companies have pursued lean manufacturing principles and the productivity improvements they promise. Yet now that lean methods are truly ingrained in the DNA of many businesses, classical lean tools are losing some of their edge

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a term now being used to describe the interconnection of industrial manufacturing and process equipment using IoT technologies. Sometimes referred to as “Industry 4.0,” it essentially represents the application of the latest advanced digital information technologies to industrial activities.

When it comes to big data and Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives most companies are still in the design or early adoption phases which make it hard to get a solid return on investment (ROI) figures.  So it’s refreshing to share a story of an organization...

First came steam and the first machines that mechanized some of the work our ancestors did. Next was electricity, the assembly line and the birth of mass production.  The third era of industry came about with the advent of computers and the beginnings of automation, when robots and machines began to replace human workers...

Industry 4.0 is more than just a flashy catchphrase. A confluence of trends and technologies promises to reshape the way things are made.