{"id":1023,"date":"2011-05-26T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2016-04-01T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T11:09:29","slug":"digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Signage in Manufacturing &#8211; Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manufacturing is an important aspect to the economy. While manufacturing has declined over the last decades, especially in the UK and United States, governments have pinned hopes on manufacturing to help boost economies and return their nation\u2019s balance books back into the black.<\/p>\n<p>Modern manufacturers face huge challenges, though. With stiff competition from the Far East, reliance on currency values abroad, and the increasing costs of raw materials mean that efficiency is increasingly vital for manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>Digital signage can help improve both processes and communication, two aspects that can increase efficiency and bolster revenue opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Information Technology has long been an important aspect to manufacturing with computers and other IT part-and-parcel of modern industrial practices, helping to increase efficiency and reduce waste.<\/p>\n<p>Digital signage can also benefit manufacturers, particularly in communication, often difficult in industrial-type areas. Email and other modern communication methods are often not practical in manufacturing areas, which makes communication a challenge; often resulting to old-fashioned systems such as tannoys (often impractical in noisy environments); notice boards (reliant on people visiting and reading it); or word-of-mouth (also impractical in larger premises).<\/p>\n<p>The advantage of using digital signage as a communication method in manufacturing is pretty clear. Relaying information to workers efficiently, clearly, and in real time, enables manufacturing processes to run smoothly and more efficiently, without the delays other communication methods present, but of course, there are disadvantages.<\/p>\n<p>Many manufacturing areas are not conducive to running a digital signage screen with dust, variable temperatures, liquids and risks of impact, and as with industrial computers, protection is critical.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most flexible solution for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/lcd-enclosure\/lcd-enclosure.html\">protecting digital signage<\/a> displays are LCD enclosures. These provide comprehensive dust and liquid protection (usually to NEMA and IP ratings), and contain climatic controls to maintain a steady internal temperature. They are also tough and rugged (usually manufactured from steel) essential in the rough and tumble world of manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/lcd-enclosure\/lcd-enclosure.html\">LCD enclosure<\/a> will also let you choose your own screen, replace it at will, and can keep media players encased too, ensuring all the hardware is protected from damaging elements.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1040\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1040\" title=\"Digital screen in a manufacturing environment\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digital screen in a manufacturing environment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Related Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/factory-digital-signage-made-easy\/\">Article on Factory Digital Signage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manufacturing is an important aspect to the economy. While manufacturing has declined over the last decades, especially in the UK and United States, governments have pinned hopes on manufacturing to help boost economies and return their nation\u2019s balance books back into the black. Modern manufacturers face huge challenges, though. With stiff competition from the Far [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,175,15,17,18,19],"tags":[43,58,70,493],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-signage","category-digital-signage-enclosure","category-ip-rating","category-lcd-enclosure","category-monitor-enclosure","category-nema","tag-industrial-lcd-monitor","tag-industrial-monitors","tag-lcd-cabinet","tag-lcd-enclosure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Digital Signage in Manufacturing - Protection - Armagard UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Digital Signage in Manufacturing - Protection - Armagard UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manufacturing is an important aspect to the economy. While manufacturing has declined over the last decades, especially in the UK and United States, governments have pinned hopes on manufacturing to help boost economies and return their nation\u2019s balance books back into the black. Modern manufacturers face huge challenges, though. With stiff competition from the Far [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Armagard UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-26T20:00:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-01T11:09:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD-225x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Richard N Williams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@armagard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@armagard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Richard N Williams\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Richard N Williams\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb29103654715f4813054eae4c7d0c00\"},\"headline\":\"Digital Signage in Manufacturing &#8211; Protection\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-26T20:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-01T11:09:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":374,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/Grey-LCD-225x300.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"industrial   lcd monitor\",\"industrial monitors\",\"lcd cabinet\",\"lcd enclosure\"],\"articleSection\":[\"digital signage\",\"digital signage enclosure\",\"IP rating\",\"lcd enclosure\",\"monitor enclosure\",\"nema\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/\",\"name\":\"Digital Signage in Manufacturing - Protection - Armagard UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/Grey-LCD-225x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-26T20:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-01T11:09:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb29103654715f4813054eae4c7d0c00\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/Grey-LCD.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/Grey-LCD.jpg\",\"width\":\"327\",\"height\":\"435\",\"caption\":\"Digital screen in a manufacturing environment\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Digital Signage in Manufacturing &#8211; Protection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Armagard UK\",\"description\":\"Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb29103654715f4813054eae4c7d0c00\",\"name\":\"Richard N Williams\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df82c4261422c11b3b0595e055bd95cb0e9216db703ece063245ab380af5f8f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df82c4261422c11b3b0595e055bd95cb0e9216db703ece063245ab380af5f8f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df82c4261422c11b3b0595e055bd95cb0e9216db703ece063245ab380af5f8f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Richard N Williams\"},\"description\":\"Richard N Williams is a writer and journalist based in Birmingham, UK. He has many years of experience writing about all aspects of the internet and digital technology. He is the author of several technology related books and his articles have appeared in various publications, trade magazines and online journals.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.armagard.co.uk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/richardnwilliams\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Digital Signage in Manufacturing - Protection - Armagard UK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Digital Signage in Manufacturing - Protection - Armagard UK","og_description":"Manufacturing is an important aspect to the economy. While manufacturing has declined over the last decades, especially in the UK and United States, governments have pinned hopes on manufacturing to help boost economies and return their nation\u2019s balance books back into the black. Modern manufacturers face huge challenges, though. With stiff competition from the Far [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/","og_site_name":"Armagard UK","article_published_time":"2011-05-26T20:00:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-04-01T11:09:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD-225x300.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Richard N Williams","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@armagard","twitter_site":"@armagard","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Richard N Williams","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/"},"author":{"name":"Richard N Williams","@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/cb29103654715f4813054eae4c7d0c00"},"headline":"Digital Signage in Manufacturing &#8211; Protection","datePublished":"2011-05-26T20:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-01T11:09:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/"},"wordCount":374,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD-225x300.jpg","keywords":["industrial   lcd monitor","industrial monitors","lcd cabinet","lcd enclosure"],"articleSection":["digital signage","digital signage enclosure","IP rating","lcd enclosure","monitor enclosure","nema"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/","url":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/","name":"Digital Signage in Manufacturing - Protection - Armagard UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD-225x300.jpg","datePublished":"2011-05-26T20:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2016-04-01T11:09:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/cb29103654715f4813054eae4c7d0c00"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Grey-LCD.jpg","width":"327","height":"435","caption":"Digital screen in a manufacturing environment"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/digital-signage-in-manufacturing-protection\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Digital Signage in Manufacturing &#8211; Protection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Armagard UK","description":"Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/cb29103654715f4813054eae4c7d0c00","name":"Richard N Williams","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df82c4261422c11b3b0595e055bd95cb0e9216db703ece063245ab380af5f8f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df82c4261422c11b3b0595e055bd95cb0e9216db703ece063245ab380af5f8f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df82c4261422c11b3b0595e055bd95cb0e9216db703ece063245ab380af5f8f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Richard N Williams"},"description":"Richard N Williams is a writer and journalist based in Birmingham, UK. He has many years of experience writing about all aspects of the internet and digital technology. He is the author of several technology related books and his articles have appeared in various publications, trade magazines and online journals.","url":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/author\/richardnwilliams\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4574,"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/4574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.armagard.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}