Over the years the industrial production was transformed by steam power in the 19th century, by electricity in the early 20th century, and by automation in the 1970s (Lorenz, et al., 2015). Today’s society is on the verge of the fourth industrial revolution, the Smart Industry. The impact of the Smart …

Omtrent technologiebedrijven konden we in december 2016 veel lezen over wat artificial intelligence, virtual reality, machine-to-machine automation, machine-to-machine learning en chatbots ons de komende jaren gaan brengen. Als inkoper zou je kunnen wachten tot duidelijk wordt wat de blijvertjes zijn, …

Automation surprise (AS) has often been associated with aviation safety incidents. Although numerous laboratory studies have been conducted, few data are available from routine flight operations. A survey among a representative sample of 200 Dutch airline pilots was used to determine the prevalence of …

Onderzocht wordt in welke mate de retailer e-mail automation al implementeert en hoe een juiste implementatie van een e-mail automation campagne kan bijdragen aan een positieve invloed op de consument, om zodoende de retailer te informeren over de kansen waar e-mail automation voor kan zorgen.

This report is the final report for the FPGA accelerated PID controller, part of the Distributed Control Systems project. This project runs within the Lectoraat Robotics and High Tech Mechatronics of Fontys Hogeschool Engineering Eindhoven. The Lectoraat has the goal to develop applicable knowledge to …

Recently, a new marketing trend has entered the market. This new software is called marketing automation. It consists of using different marketing tools put together and thereby aiming to collect and analyse all data from an input database. Marketing automation provides organizations the opportunity …

De opdrachtgever, Matrix Metaalbewerking BV, is de afgelopen twee jaar verdubbeld in machine capaciteit. Echter is het vinden van gekwalificeerd personeel een probleem van structurele aard. Ook bepalen de personeelskosten op dit moment een aanzienlijk deel van de kostprijs per product. Dit heeft gemaakt …

This report describes the development software of the Ship Monitoring and Management system. The Transport sector is one of the biggest sectors in the Netherlands. Products are transported by road, rail and river. Most of the sectors in the transport sector try to reduce the environmental footprint. However …

This report is a thesis made during graduation period at ENGIE Services West Industrie in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This thesis has been realized over a course of 17 weeks in the department of Industrial Automation. The problem, for which a solution has been created, is related to the process of …

Digitization pervades all economic sectors. In this research project of Avans University of Applied Science the main question was “What will be the effects of digitization on the HRM profession?” The methodological approach was threefold. A theoretical concept of digital impact on the HRM profession …