IoT creates flexibility and optimized manufacturing processes

Industrial Internet for manufacturing is quickly affecting the efficiency and down time of factories. Predictive maintenance and flexible manufacturing concepts are making it easier to fix problems and adapt to the fast changing conditions companies face every day. From automotive to pulp-and-paper, these innovations make companies more creative in their offerings and help them to be more competitive. The concept of a smart factory is deeply discussed in a Control Engineering article by Daymon Thompson. “Manufacturers need flexible manufacturing lines that can quickly adapt to rapidly changing customer demands. This calls for flexible machines that are able to run a multitude of product types, with the ultimate goal of profitably production at reduced lot sizes, enabling a complex mixture of products to be run and filled on-demand,” Thompson writes. Read more about how Industrial Internet could be put into smart factories at:
http://www.controleng.com/single-article/putting-industry-40-and-the-industrial-internet-of-things-to-work-in-smart-factories/87544dce4b1534f49b51514730908386.html

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