Connected Factory: Enhancing Technology Adoption
Published on : Tuesday 30-11--0001
(L-R) Kothapalle Reddy, Shree Harsha, Kiran Divekar, Guillaume Vendroux, Samson Khaou, Sudarshan Mogasale (CEO, 3D PLM, Dassault Systemes India) and Arun Rao (Senior Director, Geo Strategy, Dassault Systemes).
Continuing its sustained initiative to enhance technology adoption in Indian manufacturing, Dassault Systèmes rolled out the ‘3DEXPERIENCE on Wheels – Connected Factory’ campaign in early June from its Hinjewadi complex near Pune. This is the company’s second direct customer outreach campaign this year with the ongoing Connected Value Network campaign that is focused on the supplier ecosystem in manufacturing, which was flagged off a month earlier. It is a technology showcase of a fully-functional factory assembly line mounted on a vehicle that displays transformational experiences for a smart and connected factory of the future, which interconnects not just machinery and systems on production sites, but also outside to clients, partners and other production sites.
The campaign vehicle will tour at various manufacturing hubs, industrial corridors, start-up incubators, and academic institutes. In 14 weeks it will traverse through 5 states – Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana – travelling through 12 cities and covering an estimated 150 customers. The company recently achieved a landmark of over 10,000 customers in India in its journey to digitalise the manufacturing sector in India.
The demonstration on wheels of the assembly line.
“Manufacturers today need to change from producing products to delivering experiences. This sounds complex and manufacturing guys do not like complexity. Dassault Systèmes is the only company trying to demystify technology, understanding the contribution of design,” said Guillaume Vendroux, CEO – DELMIA, Dassault Systèmes, during his presentation – ‘Reimagine the future of manufacturing’. He offered an overview of how Industry 4.0 is not the beginning, but the end of the old ways of doing things. Industry 4.0 was yesterday, Digitalisation is today, but tomorrow is about makers and innovators working by creating a Value Network, which puts the client at the centre. Collaboration with all stake holders is essential for manufacturing. The transformation is from Product-centric, slow, rigid and static supply chain to an Experience-centric fast, agile and dynamic Value Network.
Kothapalle Reddy, VP, Business Transformation India, speaking on Dassault Systèmes commitment to Indian manufacturing eco system, pointed to the obvious – the low share of manufacturing in the Indian economy, which, marred by capacity utilisation of just 74% contributes a mere 2% to the global exports. “Manufacturing companies have to innovate, manage production capacity and improve quality, digitalise to improve exports and invest in new technologies. At Dassault Systèmes, we are constantly looking out for new technologies that seamlessly connect to existing systems and enhance collaboration,” he asserted.
Kiran Divekar, Director, DELMIA and Shree Harsha, India Marketing Director, next elaborated upon the initiative and details of the campaign. “Manufacturing is changing too fast. The goods, products and services are no longer enough but the experience that customers connect with the products is what matters,” said Shree Harsha. Divekar dwelt upon the five key elements or experiences, of the connected factory: Lean Management, Advanced Production Scheduling, Manufacturing Operations Management, Manufacturing Analytics and the 3DEXPERIENCE Twin that provides full digital continuity loop from design to production. While the technology appears complicated, it actually cuts through the jargon and makes execution much simpler, bringing on board all the operators together. What the digital twin delivers is the power to re-use real time factory data to deliberate upon and improvise tasks in the virtual world before executing it on the actual shop floor.
Summing up, Samson Khaou, Managing Director, India, Dassault Systèmes said “India aims at becoming one of the key manufacturing destination by 2020. To achieve this ambition, manufacturers must be more integrated and more agile than ever. We at Dassault Systèmes have the vision and strategy in Industry Renaissance and with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, we are a game-changer, leveraging our capacity to help manufacturers in India to reinvent themselves.”
More information is available at: https://www.3dexperienceonwheels.com/connected-factory/
