In today's manufacturing environment ‘Smart Factories’ and ‘Industry 4.0’ are just two of the terms that are shaping the direction the industry is heading in.
Driven by technological advances, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), every stage of the supply chain could become an integrated network transferring data instantaneously, resulting in greater automation and accelerated production cycles. Smart manufacturing is almost exclusively referred to in terms of technological enhancements to machinery to connect them to a network that transfers…
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