// ROBOTICS AND SMART FACTORIES TERM
Smart Manufacturing
A broad approach to manufacturing that uses advanced technologies like AI, IoT, and automation to create highly connected, flexible, and efficient production systems.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Smart Manufacturing is a holistic paradigm integrating advanced digital technologies such as IoT, AI, big data analytics, cloud computing, and advanced robotics to create highly interconnected, flexible, and optimized production systems across the entire value chain.
BACKGROUND
Smart manufacturing is a broad category of manufacturing that employs computer-integrated manufacturing, high levels of adaptability and rapid design changes, digital information technology, and more flexible technical workforce training. Other goals sometimes include fast changes in production levels based on demand, optimization of the supply chain, efficient production and recyclability. In this concept, a smart factory has interoperable systems, multi-scale dynamic modelling and simulation, intelligent automation, strong cyber security, and networked sensors.
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- Industry 4.0
- Digital manufacturing
- Advanced manufacturing
- Intelligent manufacturing
USAGE NOTE
The overarching concept for modern, technology-driven production environments.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Smart Manufacturing.
A global leader in industrial automation and digitalization. Siemens offers the Digital Enterprise Suite and the MindSphere cloud-based IoT operating system to create digital twins of products, production processes, and performance.
A major American provider of industrial automation and information technology. Their 'Connected Enterprise' solutions integrate plant-floor control and information, enabling manufacturers to optimize productivity and performance.
Focuses on industrial software for managing, analyzing, and optimizing industrial assets and operations. Their software portfolio includes solutions for Asset Performance Management (APM), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and the Predix IIoT platform.
Provides the cloud infrastructure for smart manufacturing through its Azure platform. Services like Azure IoT Hub, Azure Digital Twins, and Azure Machine Learning enable companies to connect assets, analyze data, and deploy AI-driven solutions.
A software company specializing in solutions for the industrial internet of things (IIoT). Their ThingWorx platform allows manufacturers to build, deploy, and manage applications for smart, connected factories and products.
Develops the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, a collaborative environment that provides 3D design, simulation, and manufacturing software. It enables the creation of a 'virtual twin experience' of the entire factory and its value network.
An enterprise software company whose solutions integrate manufacturing operations with core business processes. SAP's Digital Manufacturing Cloud helps manage performance, execute production, and connect the top floor to the shop floor in real-time.
Develops GPUs and AI platforms foundational to smart manufacturing. Their technologies power AI-driven visual inspection, robotics, and the NVIDIA Omniverse platform for creating physically accurate, real-time digital twins of factories.
A global engineering and technology company that provides connected industry (Industry 4.0) solutions for its own plants and for other companies. Their portfolio includes software, hardware, and services for intelligent manufacturing.