PTC factories , Zhang reflects that “ if you look at a factory of the future , a key thing here is how you can bring this digital capability through the whole production network so that this digital capability can be leveraged by not only 10 people , but by 1000s workers all over the world . That ' s really where you will see the transformation .”
“ In that concept , digital platforms , IoT , and AR not only bring speed and scale but will become the digital foundations for the factory of the future . Digital platforms will make factories more robust and more agile . They will also enable factories to do things that are simply not possible with analogue systems , such as predictive maintenance and predictive quality . Eventually , digital platforms will become the foundation for companies to scale and upskill different capabilities across the production network , enabling capabilities that were not possible before .”
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