The changing shape of smart factories
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What trends are helping elevate smart factories to greater heights? Find out in our Ultimate Factories round-up.
Forget the billowing smoke and factory floors full of people playing their part in getting a product out of the door. Today’s factories are more streamlined, featuring robots, using digital solutions at every stage of the production process, and incorporating sustainability where possible. For a deeper look at smart factories and how SIG and our customers are helping to make them more effective, take a look at our Ultimate Factories round-up below.
Smart factories that stand out
From building factories designed to be scaled up, to the impact of Industry 4.0, all the way to finding new and innovative ways to improve energy efficiency. What trends are we seeing emerge within the smart factories of today, and what does increasing investment in the industry indicate?
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Gearing up with automation
As the world continues to make huge strides when it comes to automation, we’re seeing its impact spread across manufacturers and industries. But looking ahead, does that mean fully automated factories will become the norm, or will we see factories that offer a healthy mix of robots and humans?
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The power of digitalisation
Digitalisation has played a huge role in the way global factories look today, allowing us to carry out condition-based monitoring of applications, collect huge amounts of data in real time, and much more. And with partners like SIG ready to guide manufacturers down a digital path, what does that mean for you?
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Focusing on flexibility
Between increasing customer demands, world events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and greater focus on health, wellness and sustainability, it pays to be flexible. With the right digital solutions helping you run a factory that can stay ahead of the market without sacrificing on performance.
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Putting the green in production
In today’s world, sustainability is big business – and rightly so. For manufacturers, this means keeping their factories as green as possible. But what exactly does this entail, where is the best place to begin, and how are manufacturers – and SIG – prioritising sustainability from the ground up?
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The ultimate goal
The world grows bigger and more connected every day, meaning manufacturers need to follow suit. And so, as factories have become smarter, we’ve seen a wealth of benefits emerge. Benefits such as a greater ability to keep food and beverage products safe for consumption, or an ability to allow customers to track and trace products so they can see a manufacturer’s sustainability claims for themselves. And as we continue to improve technology and digitalisation, the impact of these benefits will only increase. So, what comes next? We’ll have to wait and see …
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- January 12, 2023