Smart Manufacturing Helps Accelerate Business Growth (Part 1): Focus On Products, People And Assets

John Clemons consults for Rockwell Automation and Maverick Technologies , a leading platform-independent automation solutions provider. getty Smart manufacturing brings together cutting-edge information technologies and puts them to work on the shop floor. Technologies like the industrial internet of things (IIoT), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cloud computing, wireless technologies, big data and advanced analytics are all having a significant impact on manufacturing. But these technologies are just tools. What really matters is what’s being done with these tools, what impact these tools are having on the manufacturing business. In this series of articles, we’ll look at specific manufacturing business goals and the impact that smart manufacturing is having. Smart manufacturing helps accelerate business growth by increasing revenues, reducing costs and creating new and innovative ways of doing business to stay ahead of the competition. Let’s look at how smart manufacturing accelerates business growth by focusing first on products, people and assets. Speed To Market Smart manufacturing helps companies develop and introduce new products faster and easier to accelerate business growth. These could be entirely new products, or a variety of product enhancements, extensions, variations or even customizations. Smart manufacturing helps companies design and develop […]

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