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Fully Connected
Factories Predicted by
2022
Posted by Martin on August 16, 2017 // No Comments

Zebra Technologies recently


published 2017 Manufacturing
Vision predicting that by 2022, the
majority of manufacturers will have
fully connected factories.

It has also identified that


manufacturers are currently
connecting operations to gain
greater visibility and improve quality
assurance. They are expecting up to
5% growth in revenue year after
year and cite the flexibility to adjust
to a fluctuating market demand, as
being a top business strategy.

The Rising Importance of


Connected Factories

One of the reasons manufacturers


are implementing Connected
Manufacturing in their factories, is
to keep up with increasingly complex
Bills of Materials (BoM). These are
driven by customer demand for
customised products.

For example, we helped our client


Mettler Toledo Safeline
implement a factory control system.
It adjusts the manufacturing process
in real time, based on the BoM

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retrieved from their MRP system. Our
solution allows for last minute order
changes when products are in
manufacture, because the software
is constantly checking for changes in
the product BoM. As a result, we are
helping our client to deliver highly
customised products at competitive
prices.

Making Better Business


Decisions

Business managers need accurate


data to make well informed business
decisions. One of the main impacts
of connected factories is that the
amount of data collected, stored and
analysed will rapidly increase.
Clients who are currently
implementing connected
manufacturing, are able to gain
insights into their processes that
were previously hidden.

Our client ESR Technology, have


experienced the benefits of this by
using our automated test software
Metest. They use Metest in the
R&D cycle of their product
development and also to run
automated design validation tests.
They include data analysis in their
test sequences. This performs real
time analysis and decision making,
that previously took engineers weeks
to complete. This has the effect of
cutting the design cycle time. As a
result, they can get products to
market much more quickly than was
previously possible.

Saving Money Through


Quality Management

Manufacturers are beginning to


realise that higher profit margins and
growth, can be achieved through
better quality management. By
catching manufacturing errors
earlier in the manufacturing process
and rectifying mistakes immediately,
costly rework can be reduced and
eliminated at the end of the
production line.

Our client Husco International


uses our Manufacturing Execution
System (MES) Tascus, in their strive
for a zero defects manufacturing
process. They are using this
philosophy to win new business with
highly complex, highly customised
products to high end automotive
companies. Husco use Tascus to
implement approximately 10 15
quality checking gates in their
manufacturing process.

Tascus has a minimal time impact


on the manufacturing process. It
extracts data automatically from
existing production equipment, and
has a dramatic impact on product
quality and a reduction in reworks.
This is due to the rule checking logic
that as a result, ensures each
product conforms to the customer
specifications.

Using Connected
Manufacturing to Stay
Competitive

Connected Manufacturing is
currently transforming the way
manufacturers create their products
and deliver them to customers. It is
the manufacturers who are
identifying opportunities to improve
their product quality and services,
who will maintain their competitive
advantage.

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