Accenture ’ s Industry X practice Lead - Maddie Walker - explains how Industry X is driving a new era of smart connected manufacturing
“ As we start the new year with a lot of uncertainty and unknowns , there ’ s one thing businesses can be sure of : they ’ ll need to adapt at any given moment ”
— Maddie Walker , Industry X Practice Lead , Accenture ( UK )
Picture a scene in which the convergence of multiple technologies such as artificial intelligence ( AI ), edge intelligence , analytics and extended reality are driving a new era of manufacturing that advances mass customisation , in real time , with smart connected products . This is Accenture ’ s definition of Industry X .
Speaking to Maddie Walker , Industry X Practice Lead at Accenture ( UK ), she explains to Manufacturing Global that “ Industry X is the future of making ‘ things ’. It ’ s about reinventing product and delivery processes so that they ’ re smarter , safer , more connected , more profitable , more relevant and more sustainable – all things necessary for organisations ’ next level of growth .”
In order to achieve this next level of growth , Walker continues to explain that “ embedded intelligence sits at the heart of this reimagined manufacturing process , which spans two key areas : how to digitally transform operations , and how to transform the product itself . But data-driven intelligence doesn ’ t just underpin these two processes , it also applies to
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