Industry 4.0 is on the wave, but undeniably, most people still stay in industry 4.0 is the degree of awareness of the Internet of Things (IoT), but in fact, the Internet of things is only a means rather than an end. Although the Internet of Things can help manufacturers increase productivity and shorten the time from design to marketing, it is currently only available to large manufacturers with deep pockets. There are many internal problems that SMEs need urgently resolved, coupled with the lack of resources and capabilities. Can blink blindly.
According to IoTTechNews, Industry 4.0 integrates the Internet of Things and other related technologies such as layer manufacturing, robotics, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive technology, cutting-edge materials, augmented reality (AR) to complete physical to digital , return to the entity cycle.
Looking at the automated CNC machinery exhibition, we are always fully promoting Industry 4.0, but when we look closely, we will find that most exhibitors are flaunting the Internet of Things function and connecting to cloud applications through open application programming interfaces (APIs). But customers must think of ways to handle this data themselves.
At first glance, it seems to be no surprise that manufacturers are already responsible for manufacturing and selling machines and do not need to solve practical problems in the downstream. However, most CNC machinery buyers are SMEs and it is unlikely that they will have enough resources to use the machines. Networking capabilities, and SMEs must first deal with existing internal issues, such as poor internal processes, poor maintenance operations, personnel turnover rate is too high, only to use the data collected by the Internet of Things to increase productivity.
Even if SMEs overcome all internal problems, they still rely on suppliers and customers to cooperate to complete the upstream and downstream integration of the supply chain. Otherwise, how to optimize CAD and CAM processes will not help.
Taking the steel industry as an example, there are currently four issues that cannot be overlooked. One is that up to 30% of the material is wasted in the manufacturing process. Second, up to 50% of iron and steel processing equipment is idle and unused. Third, the turnover rate of personnel is as high as 20%. It is of low quality and cannot be delivered on time.
Industry 4.0 is to solve these practical problems, but the Internet of Things is only a means, not an end. What SMEs need is a set of centralized management technology solutions to connect and manage all organizations in the supply chain so that the IoT deployment costs can be evenly shared. In other words, this is equivalent to creating a framework that allows manufacturers to have deployment incentives that increase efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction. More importantly, this can also reduce overall production costs, reduce material waste, encourage local production, reduce labor burdens, and benefit society and the environment.
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