Industry 4.0 has begun to disrupt the manufacturing industry. It involves a mix of advanced technologies that make operations more reliable, productive, efficient, and customer centric. Process automation combined with digital technologies have already taken over the way goods are manufactured and distributed. The current state of evolution is to embed intelligence into processes across manufacturing, engineering, materials purchasing and supply chain management in order to make them more event and insight driven. This means sensor data from across various processes are used to drive operational decisions. By automating processes, you go beyond simple automation to drastically improve performance and efficiency.
Why Intelligent Manufacturing?
The goal of intelligent manufacturing is to make use of a new generation of information technology to build smart factories that are future-ready to meet emerging manufacturing trends like socialization, personalization, service, intelligence, and green.