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JOURNEY TO INDUSTRY 4.0 Stawicki explained that you can only leverage the smart factory and Industry 4.0 capabilities if you have a base fundamental excellence in place .
“ If you have this in place then , of course , there are a lot of opportunities that come with a smart factory . The more advanced capabilities with machine learning or AI will get you to the next level and eliminate much more difficult defects that were not possible with the base human analysis .
“ If you first maximise productivity gains through eliminating obvious work process inefficiencies and losses in the site , then bringing in automation makes sense . It builds on organisational gains and brings the next level of productivity improvement via automating high frequency , non-value added physical tasks . Similarly , you can leverage Robotic Process Automation ( RPA ) to eliminate repetitive tasks in the work processes .
“ Finally , once you have a very reliable , predictable and agile E2E supply system you can effectively leverage extremely powerful capabilities across the end-toend supply chain like digital twins where you can model “ what if ” scenarios such as a pandemic ,” he said .
Reflecting on what ultimately drives the company to future growth , Stawicki concluded : “ The P & G mantra is that people are the main asset of the company . As our former CEO , Richard Dupree said : ‘ If you leave us our money , our buildings and our brands , but you take away our people , our company will fail . But if you take away our money , our buildings and our brands , but you leave us our people , we will rebuild the company in a decade .’”
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