Digitalisation is driving changes in today’s manufacturing by creating new ways
of responding to customer needs - optimising factory operations, boosting equipment utilisation,
improving product quality and time to market, while reducing carbon footprint.
Manufacturing
The IoT, analytics and cyber-physical systems are the basic building blocks of Industry 4.0 and the enablers of additional capabilities in smart factories. Although it is still in the formative stage, early adopters are gaining big competitive advantages by optimising operational efficiencies, increasing product quality, reducing maintenance costs and maximising the capabilities of their supply chains.
Automation & Robotics
Big manufacturers have been automating many of their complex processes for decades, but cheaper and more flexible technologies are accelerating the growth of automated production facilities among SMEs. Traditionally, measures are being taken to separate robots from the human workforce for safety reasons. Nowadays, advances in robotic cognitive ability have opened up opportunities for them to work collaboratively with people and learn from them.
Early robots blindly followed predefined paths, but the latest generations of robots can integrate information from multiple sensors and adapt their movements in real time.
Production Flow Inspection and Monitoring
Regulations in many industries require the highest level of quality control. With real-time automated visual inspection, defective products can be detected, and the information can be used to guide the adjustment of process control variables for improving the efficiency of the manufacturing processes - leading to zero defect.
Machine vision systems can also locate and find the orientation of objects, perform high accuracy measurements, inspect fill-levels, read barcodes and keep records of produced items.
IoT-enabled Production & Supply Chains
Cyber-physical systems and the IoT are transforming every area of manufacturing – from performance optimisation, asset management and machine maintenance to planning, monitoring, and field service. In a smart factory, sensors pull data sets from various sources, ensuring data are constantly updated and reflect current conditions. Integration of data from operations and business systems, as well as from suppliers and customers, enables a holistic view of upstream and downstream supply chain processes.
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