MT CONNECT
“ Where data is playing a role , it is becoming the enabler of Industry 4.0 ”
DR STEPHAN BILLER CEO OF ADVANCE MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL AND TRUSTEE OF MTCONNECT
significant for the infrastructure of the community and I think this is the class we need to help ,” he said .
“ There are significant benefits to integrating digital manufacturing technologies and processes into manufacturing operations . I look forward to helping our customers , particularly SME manufacturers , harness the vast potential of digital manufacturing to transform their companies ,” he said .
“ All the decision-making is going to be data-driven in some cases with the humans in the loop , in many cases without . It will be sustainable , flexible , and agile . It reduces the cost and complexity of system integration and fosters interoperability for the factory ,” said Biller from his office in North Carolina .
Cross-factory learning MTConnect systems not only drive communication within the factory but can have devices ‘ talking ’ in different parts of the world creating cross factory learning . “ If you fix a problem on one site , you can take those learning and transfer them to the other site . MtConnect helps us to standardise between different factories on the communication protocols , and that allows for cross factory learning .
“ You could even think about extending this to cross-company learning . Imagine if
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