That’s a significant percentage of companies leaving substantial and demonstrated value on the table. 3 This means that nearly two out of three (65 percent) manufacturers surveyed report no progress on initiatives that they overwhelmingly point to as their main driver of near-term competitiveness in five years. For example, only 5 percent of US manufacturers surveyed in a recent study reported full conversion of at least one factory to “smart” status, with another 30 percent reporting they are currently implementing initiatives related to smart factories. 2 Leaders have a broad range of choices and opportunities with respect to smart factory transformations, both in terms of which technologies to use, and how to deploy them.ĭespite all of this, however, many are still only just getting started. Research consistently reveals improvement in cost, throughput, quality, safety, and revenue growth through the deployment of smart factory technologies that combine capabilities in industrial internet of things (IIoT), cloud and edge computing, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, vision systems, and augmented and virtual reality systems, among others. This article is featured in Deloitte Review, issue 27 Explore the Deloitte Smart Factory Experience
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