In other words, they need automation. For all the slick videos of robots picking and packing, for all the references to artificial intelligence and the hype around Industry 4.0, automation is not widely deployed in manufacturing. Instead, we must place resiliency and responsiveness at the center of the manufacturing agenda, right alongside cost and quality. Automation will allow us to achieve a globally distributed, highly resilient and responsive manufacturing ecosystem. To make manufacturing automation work, you needed a project with a long lifecycle and a large capital budget.

Source: Forbes June 09, 2020 22:07 UTC