The future of bottleneck analysis Manufacturers are clearly becoming more attuned to the benefits of machine first cognitive technology , which allows them to identify anomalies and potentially bring in a subject matter expert to help determine the ramifications of the machine ’ s findings .
Indeed , Phukan discusses how AR , IoT , warranties , hybrid cloud computing and blockchain will all increasingly play their role too , however , it ’ s detecting the unknown that he feels will be key .
“ The key is not what is already known ; domain experts can do a great job handling that , but the big challenge is the unknown and what ’ s going to hit businesses next . That ’ s what we need to prevent and that ’ s the crux of what will change the manufacturing game ,” Phukan concludes .
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