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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. So here goes – read on for a greater understanding of these concepts and the role they play in your journey to a smart factory.

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The smart factory Part 2: How manufacturers and distributors can evolve towards the smart factory

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To compete in this constantly changing market, manufacturers and distributors need more digital-driven services such as real-time production, tracking, and analysis. This means making factories smarter for the future. What is the smart factory? How to create a smart factory. It’s important to first to set objectives.

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How manufacturers can enable innovation on the factory floor

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A simple example of this would entail considering inventory and stock on hand (internal data) along with changes in weather patterns due to climate change (external data), and how both factors affect a factory’s ability to deliver on its orders. Increased safety and less on the job injuries in the warehouse and on the factory floor.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

They also produce industrial automation solutions that allow factories to monitor and control production. Building automation is similar to industrial automation, except that instead of controlling a factory, the systems control a building’s entry, power consumption, and lighting. The company has a complex global supply chain.

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Analysis on 2021 Container Shipping Delays

ShipLilly

Chinese factories are facing challenges of meeting excessive orders that are way beyond their current capacity. The impact of the Chinese New Year when factories shutdown has also created an additional backlog. Take for example the increased emphasis on the purchase of household goods via e-Commerce platforms.

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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

At KataCon 2020, Steve Medland posed a problem that comes up fairly often: The default Toyota Kata process analysis (“grasp the current condition”) involves determining takt times and cycle times for the process, and a lot of processes don’t have an obvious repeating cadence. It is also true in many traditional factories.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Production flexibility is limited; none of these factories can make all the company’s 1,500 products. For example, go to the Walmart, turn right, and it is the third house on the left. What factory should make a new product?