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The Connected Shop Floor and help from an ERP system

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The concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0) has been around since 2011, but it has taken time for manufacturers to understand what it means and what is needed to make it work. can improve the way the factory shop floor works and manufacturers now have all the tools they need to operate a connected shop floor.

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Using data and AI to improve manufacturing

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Using artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing can significantly improve productivity, reduce equipment failure, increase production efficiency and help identify new business opportunities. The area of AI that manufacturers need to explore to drive their factories into the future is machine learning (ML). The Industry 4.0

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The role of ERP in the smart factory

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How can a manufacturing business today become an intelligent and automated ecosystem – a smart factory that drives productivity, performance, and profitability? Manufacturing businesses – many of which have highly specialized requirements – need to look at the value of ERP strategically. A system overhaul for smart factory.

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5 smart factory challenges and how to address them with ERP solutions

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Smart factories are growing in prominence as continued supply chain disruptions and pressures from the 4 th Industrial Revolution make embracing technology a necessity for manufacturers. For manufacturers to remain competitive, adopting more IoT technologies into their supply chain is key.

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The smart factory Part 2: How manufacturers and distributors can evolve towards the smart factory

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Several years ago, only the bravest and most ambitious enterprises embarked on the digital transformation journey, today the industry landscape has changed. To compete in this constantly changing market, manufacturers and distributors need more digital-driven services such as real-time production, tracking, and analysis.

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The smart factory Part 4: What skills do manufacturers and distributors need in the factory of the future?

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As manufacturers and distributors inject their operations with innovative technologies in an effort to transform them into smart factories, a shift in how those factories are staffed has emerged. Reskilling and attracting a smart factory workforce. Technology has also resulted in the rise of the augmentation of human ability.

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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

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Manufacturers and distributors want to dramatically increase their efficiency, productivity and accuracy through smart technologies, data analytics and connected services. So here goes – read on for a greater understanding of these concepts and the role they play in your journey to a smart factory.

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