All around us, technical innovation is reshaping traditional industries – take BIM’s impact on construction planning and smart devices in the energy sector. Manufacturing has experienced its own transformation, but the factory itself hasn’t fundamentally changed since Ford’s Model T production line in the 1920s.
While machinery has drastically changed since then, the factory itself hasn’t quite caught up. For example, the typical factory often lacks the functionality to synchronise advanced machines, fully exploit machine data and control factory assets. But new technology is starting to come down the line in three key areas, which will help manufacturers to transform how factories are run.
