What is happening in new generation industries?
Technology has elevated industries to new horizons. Companies really compete in what volume of work they can optimize between the two needles of a clock. The real revolution began from the invention of the steam engine, from which we moved to machines run by electricity, then machines operated by computers controlled by hands and now, the brilliant computers that have their own hands to control; to be precise, the fourth generation of the industrial revolution.
The fourth generation of industries had everything integrated and coordinated electronically; where software controls the functioning machines, robots ensure and pack goods, cloud computing eases the exchange of data, and above all, artificial intelligence monitoring the whole functions like a sociable manager. We needn’t doubt that the future of industries has already begun!
The scarcity of resources, the increasing competition, and the need to reach more people; these three reasons have nudged many blue-chip companies to switch to the future of industries, digital manufacturing. Within a short time, robotics, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing havee become an inevitable part of their manufacturing process. Let us see some interesting real-world examples where digital manufacturing has been utilized.
3D PRINTED SHOES BY ADIDAS
ADIDAS has shown all its commitment and extent to which it works dedicated to people who love the brand, especially towards sportspersons. They kept on researching how to improve the comfort that sports stars felt while using their products.
The R&D department of Adidas has come up with a groundbreaking invention for the sportspersons; many athletes had issues with wearing spikes because some people found their toe’s shape unusual. For those people, they introduced 3D printed shoes called 4DFWD.
“4DFWD was a shoe of midsole 3D printed by carbon. The shoe eases you forward a little each time your foot strikes the ground, as it is made by carbon, an airy lattice pierced by bow-tie-shaped holes,” they claim.
DIGITAL MANUFACTURING @ NETWORK
This sub-heading would have been more alluring if it was re-written as ‘digital manufacturing @ Bangalore.’ The network is one of the world’s leading companies engaged in manufacturing technology and helping others complete their manufacturing process more easily.
The network has its own digitalization production strategy,s an integrated production strategy,d the data is handled b cloud computing. The worth of this firm has hiked to billions in recent years.
IOT IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
IoT (Internet of Things) is where an inter-connecting network connects the equipment to a coordinating device and works as instructed. It is as simple as a smart bulb that switches off after night or a smart fan that automatically adjusts its volume when we talk about IoT at home. But it is a huge game when we take it to industries.
How many of you know that objects that you order in Amazon are not sorted and collected by humans? It is true. Amazon is one of the world’s giants to utilize IoT in supply chain management successfully. Once you place an order, the message is exchanged to a factory network, and the products are selected and transported by a computer-based automated system.
Another thriving story we hear about the utilization of IoT in inventory and supply chain management is of the BJC healthcautilizationpplier of medical equipment and medicines, where they use radio frequency-based technology to track inventory movement from their store till it reaches its destination. It will have inventory movementhow far and through which path a particular batch should move, even provided with alternatives during contingencies.
CLOUD STORAGE BY MICROSOFT
Cloud storage is another major leap that the industry saw in its fourth revolution. When the data to be handled becomes more than a limit, there happens an intricacy in the firm's functioning. MNCs were the most affected by this phenomenon. Cloud storage was a boon to these companies as it helped in easy integration and transfer of data without much ‘traffic’ in the virtual world.
Recent news of cloud computing that the world listened to with much enthusiasm was the cloud computing wing operated by Microsoft incl. They took data from huge companies like Volkswagen and stored them in their own cloud.
Microsoft Inclusive clients say that their clients benefit most from this cloud computing, as better utilization of their data reduces the delay in providing service.
AI @ ALIBABA
Jack Ma’s Alibaba is the ‘study material’ of many business schools on how far a business chain can grow from a big zero. Now, Alibaba has artificial intelligence to integrate its daily operation. They claim that AI predicts what the customers will demand, evaluating the pattern of their buyer behavior. Moreover, many works related to their online trading, like product description, customers' replies, and many more intellectual works.
Alibaba had extended its digital technology to social welfare like monitoring traffic jams and reducing the cost of farming by cloud computing.
The future of industries has arrived. Digital manufacturing has changed the face and pace of the global market. Robotics or cloud computing, the companies are looking forward to achieving what I have told you initially: optimization of production between two needles of a clock. These tools are not an innovation for companies like Intel and IBM, standing in the same 2021. I hope you all enjoyed this article.
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