Advian at MPD23: Lessons learned about resilient and sustainable manufacturing

Advian attended the Manufacturing Performance Days 2023, the leading technology summit in Northern Europe, on June 6th in Tampere.

With over 600 attendees, the summit served as a great platform for industry leaders, decision makers, and experts to gather, exchange ideas, and explore the latest benchmarks for manufacturing performance, resilience, and sustainability.

We had the pleasure to participate in thought-provoking panel discussions, share our innovative ideas and get inspired by other forerunners.

Join us as we recap the most memorable moments and lessons learned from Manufacturing Performance Days 2023. ??

Panel discussion: Data is the key ingredient in creating autonomous systems in manufacturing

The panel discussion on Future Robotics, Flexible Automation and Autonomous Systems provided deep insights into practical applications of AI, technology, and automation in manufacturing, addressing challenges, opportunities, and the importance of collaboration in driving industry growth.

Reaching a high-level of automation all boils down to acquiring a sufficient amount of good-quality data. The panelists highlighted that:

• Not enough data is collected at the moment. We don't know what's really going on in the production.
• Data used in creating autonomous systems must include tacit knowledge. Years of human know-how should be transformed into explicit data by heavily involving people.
• It’s very difficult to optimise production if your data sets cannot be used together. Therefore data harmonisation should be a priority.
• Value is created only after we understand the data and use it to modify manufacturing processes.

When data is used effectively, it gives us the opportunity move from just automating tasks to re-evaluating and shaping processes. As Janne puts it:

"Data together with people, processes, technology – that’s our recipe

The panelists concluded the discussion by stressing the significance of collaboration, ecosystem building and the need for win-win-win scenarios.

Advian's advocacy for Smart Factories: bringing the intelligence to the factory floor

Advian's stand was buzzing as the team advocated for taking Edge AI to the physical production and factory floor to help machine builders and manufacturers to become more competitive, resilient and sustainable.

What is Edge computing?

Edge computing can make existing manufacturing processes more intelligent and autonomous. By moving computing closer to the edge of the network, for instance, to the production equipment, these automated manufacturing systems are now not only able to act by themselves without human intervention, but also to react and make decisions based on changes in circumstances.

What can AI do?

Artificial intelligence, especially machine learning, not only enables the software at the edges to detect patterns in the data it receives, but also to learn about correlations between data patterns and desired outcomes. When we let a computer analyse data and draw conclusions, we can give it positive or negative feedback so that over time the software will more often draw the desired conclusions.

?? If you're curious to know more, join our webinar Edge Computing: The Future of Smart Factories next Tuesday 13th of June at 11:30 AM.

Register here: https://app.livestorm.co/advian/the-future-of-smart-factories

Until next time...

Advian would like to thank DIMECC Oy for connecting visionaries and forerunners of the manufacturing industry together to the Manufacturing Performance Days 2023.

Also, a big thank you ?? to the panelists Mika Laitinen ( Fastems ),?Timo Laitinen (Sandvik),?Juha Makitalo ( Pemamek )?Giuseppe Saragò ( 瓦锡兰 )?and?Mikko Uuskoski ( Beckhoff Automation Finland ) for interesting ideas and insights.

We believe that shaping the future of manufacturing and advancing the industry is done together!