CGI NETHERLANDS
INSIGHTS YOU CAN ACT ON
In the year CGI marks its 45th anniversary , with new tagline , Insights you can act on , Huesmann gives his predictions for 2021 .
What is your top insight for 2021 ? “ Interaction between people and meeting on the shop floor will come back but not 24 / 7 . Manufacturing is still key with new manufacturing operations built in each region .”
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What new technology do you think will have the most impact on manufacturing ? “ I see the perfect storm for a range of new technologies to take off at this moment . This was confirmed last year just before the pandemic during a web summit attended by opinion makers , scientists , students , start-ups and politicians like Tony Blair and top CEOs and entrepreneurs . AI has been around for years but it is now being brought to a whole different level , enabled by other maturing technologies such as cloud and IOT . Quantum computing is not that big yet , but the amount of investment is huge and this will have an even greater effect on AI . We are about to see some very exciting things enabled by all of these technologies .”
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standardisation of processes across factories . AI is part of this platform for more mature plants to optimise quality , efficiency and safety .”
“ Trendminer is indeed one of our key partners . Self-service analytics platforms like Trendminer are designed to combine data sources in a standardised way , once data is contextualised , they provide the insights to enable breakthrough improvements . Where SAS contain more advanced options for AI and deeper analysis , self-service tools like Trendminer are for more pragmatic use close to manufacturing .”
130 April 2021