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While arguments can be made for the downside to the emphasis on immediacy and information constantly being thrown at us from all different directions, there is a place where the upside is huge and the downside is miniscule. That place is your factory.

Even factories that are built with efficiency in mind and deploy the latest equipment suffer from reduced efficiency due to factors such as poor installation, misuse, or inefficient coordination and planning.

It’s easy to be lulled into a false sense of security and assume that as long as the products are flowing out of the factory, everything is functioning properly

IIoT (Industrial Internet of
Things) is the buzzword in manufacturing these days promising to be a panacea
to complex productivity issues of all kinds

Every production line experiences malfunctions and breakdowns in
machinery at some point. It’s obviously better when the downtime is planned…

Manufacturing systems constantly operate under heavy loads and a delay or cessation in work can translate to spiraling losses

By now you know that data is key to ensuring that your factory is running at top efficiency. But is it enough?

“This is Not Your Father’s Manufacturing Job”…
The rise of Industry 4.0
and the hype around full automation has led to excitement about the
possibilities of decreased costs and increased profits

For a change to be
considered a revolution, it must be a massive change that fundamentally alters
society at its core. Each of the first three industrial revolutions described
above took manufacturing to new heights never before imagined