FACTORY OF THE FUTURE
“ We continue to look at what is next on the horizon , like creating digital twins for factories or facilitating simulations ”
INDRANIL SIRCAR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR MANUFACTURING AND MOBILITY , MICROSOFT
Additionally , customers are leveraging next-generation industrial automation , driven by the adoption of digital technology . Customers are beginning to create more connected products to deliver better services , prediction , and overall equipment effectiveness ( OEE ). For example , one manufacturing customer added value-based features to help customers extend product lifetimes . Using a connectivity layer on the bearings , the company created a dashboard to monitor the lubrication of machines with little human interaction . It identified four distinct features that create customer value : active information about the current grease level , active information about alarms , remote adjustment of lubrication and a dashboard with additional insights .
“ In the long term , we will see how customers start to build on the foundation that they are establishing with IIoT and create the industrial metaverse , which gives companies the ability to simulate , predict and automate virtually any operation ,” says Sircar . “ This is done using real-time data to create digital representations of systems , automating key business processes , and using machine learning to move from reactive to proactive .” Lastly , as the next generation of IIoT and digital twins , Sircar believes that the industrial metaverse has the potential to solve some of the world ’ s most difficult challenges across supply chain resiliency , business efficiency , and global sustainability .
“ All of this is happening on the Microsoft Cloud with leading edge companies taking advantage of digital twins , mixed reality , AI , IoT , and the power of the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge ,” he says . “ We will start seeing more industrial metaverse investments and implementations coming to life in 2023 and beyond .”
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