By 2025, the vocabulary of the plant floor has changed. “Downtime” is being replaced by “predictive interventions,” “batch records” by “digital thread,” and “gut feel” by “data-driven decision.”
What sits behind the new language is a maturing wave of smart manufacturing technologies that are quietly lifting output, squeezing costs, and protecting margins in a stubbornly volatile market.
This article is written for manufacturing leaders, operations managers, and industrial engineers who need a straight-talking tour of where the biggest efficiency gains from technology solutions for manufacturing are actually coming from and how to capture them without derailing ongoing production. [Read more…] about Smart Manufacturing Technologies: How Innovation is Redefining Production Efficiency