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Unlocking The Power of Data in Manufacturing with Critical Manufacturing's Michaela Wagner

EMS@C-LEVEL · 16 Jan 2024 · 5m

What this episode covers

Michaela Wagner, Sales Manager for SMT at Critical Manufacturing (an MES sector of ASMPT), discusses the company's integration and data strategy five years after its acquisition. She explains how Critical Manufacturing uses an integrated IoT data platform to contextualize machine data for advanced analytics and machine learning, enabling real-time influence on the physical manufacturing world. Wagner highlights the importance of low-code solutions and containerized deployments to address the industry's talent crunch and scalability challenges across diverse customer sizes.

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