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Manufacturing automation

Manufacturing automation

A guide to Industry 4.0 transformation
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Automation makes manufacturing smarter

Manufacturing is a wide and varied industry that accounts for everything from microbreweries to aerospace facilities and vehicle assembly lines. An industry-wide digital transformation is taking place, creating opportunities to increase efficiency and employee safety while reducing operating costs.

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Our report examines and quantifies the potential value of private cellular networks for the manufacturing industry. We detail the challenges that manufacturing is up against, and explain how smart manufacturing automation enabled by high-performance private cellular networks can help solve them.

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Key insights

Agile automation

Agile automation

Consumers want customization in the products they buy, making agile operations a key component to maintaining an advantage in today’s competitive market. Automation can help achieve the agility manufacturers need to respond to constantly changing demands.

Reliable connectivity

Reliable connectivity

Advanced technologies like digital twins and collaborative robots are taking facilities to the next level of manufacturing automation. All of these uses require the strong, high-speed, low latency connectivity in high device density environments that only private cellular can provide.

The 5 most impactful use cases for industry 4.0

Real-life use cases

This report examines five real-life use cases that enable manufacturers to conduct their operations more efficiently and the ROI generated by each case using cellular:

  • Autonomous mobile robots (AMR)
  • Collaborative robots (cobots)
  • Augmented Reality (AR)
  • Asset condition monitoring
  • Digital twins

Take a closer look at how much you can save with cellular 4G and 5G private networks. Our research-based value calculator shows how quickly use cases like AMR, Cobots and augmented reality can pay for themselves through increased productivity and operational savings. Manufacturing automation, powered by cellular, generates a proven return. Learn your potential savings with our interactive calculator.

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High performance connectivity offering low latency, reliability and speed is essential to enabling digital twins, connected workers, flexible factory, virtual and augmented reality, robotic process automation and other smart manufacturing use cases, all while keeping sensitive data secured on-site.

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