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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

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The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. 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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How manufacturers can enable innovation on the factory floor

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Any of these scenarios may unexpectedly make bringing goods into a country, and manufacturing and distributing products, more difficult. Some other standout benefits of AI infused automation include: Increased operational visibility within a warehouse, helping to optimize how goods are transported. Internet of everything.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

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In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Production flexibility is limited; none of these factories can make all the company’s 1,500 products. For consumers in metro areas located close to their factories, there is a one-day lead time. What factory should make a new product?

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Philip Morris International’s Pivot to Smoke-Free Products Complicates their Supply Chain

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At the end of 2019 that supply chain covered 38 PMI owned factories, 28 third party manufacturers, and more than 180 markets. Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same. As they heard promises about how easy it was to create models using various digital & analytics tools, they said “prove it.”

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Is the “Autonomous Supply Chain” a Pipe Dream?

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Orders can be cancelled, rush orders come in, factory machines go down, port congestion occurs, and so forth. For example, a suggestion from the system might be to transfer 96,154 units of a stock keeping unit to a distribution center in Denver to fill a projected backorder. Aera Technology is showing me how mistaken I was.

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

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Now digitalization of manufacturing and distribution supply chain processes has become imperative, especially after the pandemic, which caused disruptions and revealed multiple gaps and weaknesses in the global supply chain. This means making factories smarter for the future. What is the smart factory?

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New Logistics Solutions for the Automotive Sector Developed by Gebrüder Weiss

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With their new Competence Cluster Automotive, the company can now better offer deep analysis of the automotive industry resulting in definitive solutions for companies across the entire spectrum of supply chain management. Even just one error will disrupt the workflows and may result in considerable extra expense.