Six trends for the factory of the future – part 2

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Last week, I brought here three of the six trends for the factory of the future. I divided it into two parts, because it is a lot of information and a lot to think about, if your company is still at the beginning of this process. Shall we go to the final three trends?

?4. Metrics and Data Analysis

The real challenge is interpreting the data and transforming it in such a way that the raw data becomes meaningful to end users. Data must be analyzed and represented in a valid way to the right stakeholder at the right time. Every stakeholder has different questions to answer, from machine operators to production managers, plant managers and executives responsible for tracking their factories' profits/losses.

Digital plant metrics, such as overall equipment effectiveness, reveal the hidden potential of the operation, in terms of asset uptime, operations performance and speed, and parts quality/yield. With advanced data analytics and using AI and ML capabilities, predictive metrics can be tracked, including machine health, life predictions of machines and subcomponents, and root cause diagnostics of failures. The factories of the future transform traditional manufacturing from a failure and fix operational mode to a predictive and preventive operational mode.

5. Optimized and agile production

Leveraging data to improve decision making through applying AI and ML algorithms requires a carefully designed data backbone with a holistic approach to all business functions, ultimately leading to a more streamlined manufacturing operation. and agile.

An optimized smart factory allows operations to run with minimal manual intervention and high reliability, and relies on automated workflows, asset synchronization, enhanced tracking and dynamic scheduling, and optimized energy consumption. Agile flexibility allows the factory of the future to adapt to changes in the production schedule with minimal intervention, including the ability to auto-configure equipment and material flows depending on the product being built and schedule changes, and then see the impact of these changes in real time. This agility can further increase plant uptime and throughput by minimizing changeovers due to scheduling or product changes and enabling flexible scheduling.

6. Collaborative and Orchestrated Manufacturing

The factory of the future strategy extends to support functions such as logistics (planning and material handling), maintenance and quality for further improvements. Once the strategy expands beyond the four walls of the factory to the end-to-end supply chain and customer base, collaborative manufacturing begins and exponential benefits can be realized. Consider the benefits of knowing your suppliers' process status, parts quality, and availability ahead of time, rather than waiting until incoming parts inspections or consumable times.

Orchestrating the factory of the future with suppliers and customers enables solution-oriented manufacturing that promotes product excellence and innovation, new business models and market differentiation.

As you move forward on your journey, the factory of the future is about properly aligning people, processes and technology, and extending it beyond your four walls to your supplier and customer base. It's important to maintain a zero downtime and zero-defect vision for the operation, while leveraging data, metrics and analytics technologies for agile, collaborative and orchestrated manufacturing.

Conclusions:

Those who wish to digitize the means of production should keep the following in mind:

? A solid foundation and an eye for return on investment are necessary for any factory initiative of the future to succeed;

? Growing interoperability in the technology world to support OT/IT convergence and include open standards and protocols;

? Manufacturing executives must add smart data to the list of assets most important operations, alongside their people and capital equipment;

? Data must be analyzed and represented in a valid way to the right stakeholder at the right time. Digital plant metrics such as overall equipment effectiveness help uncover hidden potential, as do predictive metrics such as machine health, life predictions and fault diagnosis;

? Agile flexibility allows the factory of the future to adapt to production schedule changes with minimal intervention and can further increase factory uptime and throughput by minimizing changeovers due to scheduling or product changes and enabling flexible scheduling;

? The factory of the future strategy expands beyond the four walls of manufacturers to the end-to-end supply chain and customer base, leading to collaborative and orchestrated manufacturing.

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