OCTOBER 20248MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSIN MY OPINIONThere is a lot of focus at the moment on Digital Transformation and how this relates to the manufacturing industry. Terms like Industry4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things are thrown around and seem to pop up in the most unlikely places as if they are being used more for marketing purposes than driving efficient manufacturing. So, what's it all about?Digital Transformation is not about placing robots throughout your production line or using a new piece of software to display your site KPIs. It is simply the fundamental change in thinking to use real-time data as the basis to make all business decisions on, and where suitable, for these decisions to be made in an automated fashion with limited manual input. It frees up your most valuable resource, your people, giving them more time to do the things they do best. Instead of manually entering data or using paper forms to record information, your people use their individual skills to increase production output By David Hermann, ANZ Electrical, Instrumentation and Process Automation Manager, Goodman FielderDIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND INDUSTRY4.0 IN MANUFACTURINGDavid Hermannand reduce waste. They are happier and more motivated in their workplace.Industry4.0 is the philosophy that enables Digital Transformation to occur. The concept of Industry4.0 is that all areas of the business that create and use data are interconnected into a single ecosystem. No more silos of information that other systems in your business rely on for decision making left stranded and alone with manual labor being the only means to relay this data from one point to another. Whereas Industry3.0 implemented automated machines to reduce manual labor in manufacturing products, Industry4.0 connects these machines together so that they can share information.
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