Factory 5.0 — AI Boosted Manufacturing
Digital change (dx) is making an impact on our life and work. Behind this trend, a tremendous amount of data are generated. This phenomenon created the need for data-related specialization. From the Data Engineers to Machine Learning Experts. I want to show the story how to advance from 3.0 to 4.0 and how to use the potential of well done 4.0 company to be even 5.0 (My vision of the 5.0 company)
Let`s make our 4.0 Company
For the needs of the story, I have created a fictitious company — SuperX. Right now SuperX is well prospering 3.0 factory but the CEO is inspiring to be 4.0 or even higher.
During the technological advance from manufacturing 3.0 — to 4.0 the company accumulate many IoT devices, network and server infrastructure is starting to grow. The main problem is that IoT device is used only for special-purpose at the desired location place (usually close to the production unit). From the engineering point of view, this advance is brilliant. Now SuperX controls the crucial parameters, the yield is going up and manual processing is substituting by robots. Everyone is happy. Production capacity is increasing and it seems that no one will…
