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The smart factory Part 3: What does the factory of the future look like

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

IoT sensors in the supply chain and robotics in factories are fluently available. In the last decade alone, we have seen factories move from basic digitization to more predictive power. Technology is making an impact at every step of the manufacturing process and across nearly every industry.

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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

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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 3: What does the factory of the future look

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

IoT sensors in the supply chain and robotics in factories are fluently available. In the last decade alone, we have seen factories move from basic digitization to more predictive power. Technology is making an impact at every step of the manufacturing process and across nearly every industry.

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The smart factory Part 4: What skills do manufacturers and distributors need in the factory of the future?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As manufacturers and distributors inject their operations with innovative technologies in an effort to transform them into smart factories, a shift in how those factories are staffed has emerged. Reskilling and attracting a smart factory workforce. As factories add smarter tech, they’ll need people to manage it.

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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It does present a training requirement, the need for new skills for industry 4.0 Together they conceived the Unimate, the very first industrial robot. The term ‘ Industry 4.0 ’ was coined in 2011 to describe this new era of new technological innovations including advances in AI , ML and cloud computing as well as data analytics.

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The role of ERP in the smart factory

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

How can a manufacturing business today become an intelligent and automated ecosystem – a smart factory that drives productivity, performance, and profitability? Even though there are many benefits that come with digitalising manufacturing capabilities, implementing a new system can be a difficult task, regardless of industry or company size.

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Material Handling Tips That Every Factory Worker Must Know About

Morai Logistics

Safety in factories is paramount—here are some material handling tips for factory workers. Given their knowledge of proper protocol on the factory floor, we were more than happy to accept their proposed blog post. It is common to see workers handling or moving materials in a factory. ” (Learn more about them here ).