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I the efficiency of the process and performance of the
I magine manufacturing a car. You know the basic
steps; making of the engine parts, designing and the product. The analytics refers to the way we understand
assembly. Now you begin making it. You have chosen a and use the data generated by the machines to achieve
process of your own to cast the components. You have highest efficiency. We all know the importance of con-
chosen a design according to the aerodynamics and you nectivity between people for development. Similarly we
have an idea of what the final product looks like. You need connectivity between machines to produce better
have recruited people to complete each of the given task. goods. To further understand the concept of connectiv-
There is a high possibility that there can be a mistake in ity, let us take the example of car manufacturing again.
production since it is human nature to err. Even though We have replaced people by machines to complete the
you take good care to maintain accuracy, it cannot be assembling section of our manufacturing unit. Now,
promised. Even a minute mistake could cost you alot! every machine which takes part has an idea about how
But imagine there are machines employed to do the job. the final product is going to be and the instructions will
The machines can be programmed in such a way that be followed without any errors. The machines know
they maintain accuracy to the point which will later help that the seats and dashboard of the car have to be fitted
us in giving a much efficient product. With robots we before the dome of the car and the respective machine
do not have to worry disobedience or dozing off during does the job at that time. The connectivity is achieved
work. All we have to do is to program them properly. by cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and
Hence, to make things better and beneficial, we have Internet of Services (IoS). In simple terms, we need the
replaced man power with machines, which bring us to machines to talk to each other, share progress and track
the topic of SMART FACTORIES. success.

WHAT IS A SMART FACTORY? “This is nothing less than a paradigm shift in industry:
the real manufacturing world is converging with the
Smart factories, also known as industry 4.0, is a place digital manufacturing world to enable organizations to
where the efficiency of smart machines collaborates digitally plan and project the entire lifecycle of products
with man power to create machines without the wast- and production facilities.”
age of time, defects and waiting. The world is changing, - Helmuth Ludwig, CEO, Siemens Industry Sector,
with or without us. People want more efficiency, better North America.
performance and recyclables. Smart factories enable us
to achieve these. Manufacturing has a dirty image from PROS AND CONS
the past century because of the labour involved in it, but The only reason we move to futuristic technologies is
the smart factories have the ability of change that image. if it shows us a glint of hope and stands at advantage
It is a perfect combination of high-precision tools and when compared to the present techniques. Smart facto-
high-tech workers working in unison for a better to- ries have their share of Advantages that make the idea
morrow. The three things that are changing the world even more engrossing to use in our day-to-day utiliza-
presently are the data, the analytics and the connectivity. tion.
Do you know there is 1 terabyte of data generated in
flying an aeroplane? This data is very crucial to opti- The first downside of using man power would be the
mize the fuel requirements and the proper functioning efficiency and performance. These things are overcome
of the plane. Big data analysis is required in improving by using the combination of advanced robotics which

19 work 24 hours a day for 7 days in a week, they also