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Source: Magic Wand Media From smart

factory
initiatives to
e-commerce
transforma-
and siloed data, a lack of visibili- products from raw materials to ously, business heads can quick- tion, digital
ty on shopfloor activity resulted finished goods while evaluating ly make responsive, data-driven initiatives
in a delayed response to issues and analyzing yield, quality, and decisions in line with immediate can support
on the line. plant resource utilization. market pressures. Across the val- resilience,
maintain
Schneider Electric executives felt Early business benefits in Bat- ue chain, improved resiliency momentum,
the answer lay in digital trans- am included a safer and more strengthens trust, and enhanced and enhance
formation. Smart factory solu- efficient factory, optimized as- efficiency reduces the plant’s sustainabil-
tions helped boost collaboration set and process efficiency, and carbon footprint. ity. With the
and unify data across the plant to secure, reliable operations. right digital
toolkit,
manage and predict equipment Within a short time of the im- Digital lessons shared manufactur-
failures while optimizing perfor- plementation, Maintenance 4.0 globally ers can build
mance and reducing downtime. had helped the Batam Smart The Batam facility now offers a sustain-
Factory reduce downtime by 44 global manufacturers a template able and
competitive
Industry 4.0 at work percent over 12 months. Digital for best-in-class digital manu- future.
To improve asset performance performance management tools facturing; it was recognized as
management, Schneider Electric led to 12 percent higher opera- a Fourth Industrial Revolution
installed a cloud-based solution tional efficiency and 5 percent (4IR) Lighthouse by the World
focused on increasing plant as- higher employee engagement. Economic Forum. Schneider
set utilization and operational Quality 4.0 for defect reduction Electric has since extended
performance by providing ac- led to a 40 percent reduction in knowledge gains from Batam
curate information on potential scrap costs for some critical ma- across its worldwide network.
equipment outages. Additional- chines, while an integrated sup- Like Schneider Electric, oth-
ly, lean management software ply chain increased suppliers’ er early digital adopters in the
was deployed to streamline dis- service rates by 70 percent. As Manufacturing sector fared
crete manufacturing. Together, a result of the entire program, better during the pandemic.
the solutions monitor assets to on-time delivery improved by From smart factory initiatives to
identify, diagnose, and prioritize 40 percent. e-commerce transformation, dig-
impending equipment problems, Most important for the team was ital initiatives can support resil-
continuously and in real time. how Industry 4.0 capabilities ience, maintain momentum, and
The digital manufacturing solu- connected the shopfloor to the enhance sustainability. With the
tions helped streamline order top floor. Because performance is right digital toolkit, manufactur-
flow and production execution, now tracked in real time, some- ers can build a sustainable and
tracking the transformation of thing that was impossible previ- competitive future.

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