Manufacturing

Creating more flexible factories floors

There are many challenges facing the manufacturing industry. A major hurdle is that enacting design changes in the production line is often difficult and time consuming. Factory layouts need to be more flexible to meet customer expectations of faster delivery and more customized products.

With many factories having wired connectivity, these fixed assets make it difficult to reconfigure the facility, whether to make custom products or shift to a new product line.

But now, private wireless cellular networks are making the factory floor into much more agile environments.

The new building blocks of productivity

By automating operations, manufacturers can forge a more efficient production process that dramatically increases yields, improves product quality, and reduces waste.

This level of automation requires robust wireless connectivity. And private networks are supplying the reliability and security needed to realize connected manufacturing.

These smarter factories offer productivity-boosting technologies such as robotic assistance, rich visualization tools, and augmented reality.

In addition to the financial benefit, smarter manufacturing creates a substantial triple bottom line improvement - with an increase in safety for workers, plus a kinder environmental impact through reduced scrap and emissions.

Data-driven means efficiency-driven

As operations become more digitalized and data-driven, manufacturers will be able to use this data to optimize production while decreasing their expenses.

Ericsson’s connectivity empowers manufacturers to capture, collect, and evaluate a mountain of data that can unlock actionable insights.

These insights can be used to make more informed decisions, make the workplace safer, train employees better, and increase sustainability.