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and implement the countermeasures , measuring the results , standardising and rolling out the closed-loop problem solving across production networks . The second is the combination of AR and IoT for labour productivity . In doing so , organisations can improve their ability to train or upskill their employees and better perform their daily job from the assembly , quality inspection to maintenance . The third is predictive maintenance and condition-based maintenance that really helps to improve machine availability and improve the return on assets .”
The Evolution of Manufacturing Technology at PTC In just three short years , Zhang has seen the manufacturing industry and PTC rapidly evolve . “ In my time at PTC , technology has moved from a platform only to solutions plus platform .”
Explaining what he means by this , Zhang uses LEGO as an analogy . “ If you think about one box of LEGO , there are maybe 300 bricks , and you can assemble them into whatever you want to build - a car or a plane . A platform approach was similar to this . It is so powerful that it has all the bricks there to achieve the desired outcome . However , today we know what our most impactful use cases are - digital performance management , labour productivity , predictive maintenance , and condition-based maintenance . So at PTC , we have been building ready to deploy solutions for these high-value use cases . So , if you think about it this way , coming back to LEGO , you now not only have a box of bricks , you have a motor , you have pre-built components that allow you to build more complex models at a much faster speed and more importantly because they are all proven with double-digit impact , you can now get these transformational impact across your own production networks .”
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