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technology are essential for simulating and optimizing how to expand, product mix, shift line capacity, and increase factory throughput.
What trends or big developments are just around the corner?
The biggest developments within smart manufacturing look to be set around digital twin technology, powered by AI. This will help manufacturers better align manufacturing processes, capacity and assets, inventory, and resource to meet market demands, streamline execution, and take decision making to new heights.
The focus of digital twin technology has always been about building resilient, adaptive production systems; but the future looks ready to take this one step further by optimizing operations dynamically using AI. Human decision making will improve through the help of AI, where AI can offer recommendations based on large and complex data sets from live factory data applied to the factory and supply chain model.
All of this means improved decision making, at considerably faster speeds, as factory management will be empowered to act quickly, with greater confidence in all aspects of manufacturing, from new product introduction to process engineering to
scheduling to execution to maintenance and everything in between. ■
Prashanth Mysore www. 3ds. com / products / delmia
Prashanth Mysore is Senior Director, Global Strategic Business Development at Dassault Systèmes. He leads initiatives in Digital Manufacturing, Manufacturing Operations Management, and Supply Chain solutions. He is a recognized expert in Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT( IIoT), AI-powered smart factories, future-ready supply chains, and the workforce of the future empowering people with digital skills and collaborative tools to thrive in tomorrow’ s manufacturing landscape.
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