Panasonic MirAIe Smart Factory

Panasonic India has built the MirAIe Pro Factory solution for Indian manufacturers. Sumesh Soman tours the factory to get a sense of the next-generation connected capabilities.

- Sumesh Soman

Panasonic India showcased the MirAIe (Miraie) Pro factory platform, an Industrial IoT/ smart factory solution developed indigenously at the company’s India Innovation Centre. Miraei is compatible with different types of machines, models and brands in the automotive manufacturing space. The nextgeneration solution is aimed at facilitating Indian manufacturers to in turn digitise their operations and allow enterprises to realise the true potential of Industry 4.0. Manish Sharma, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Panasonic India mentioned, “Smart factories are strategic business investments.

They are helping manufacturers jump start their digital journey, offer a competitive edge, innovate and improve the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) while saving major costs.” Miraie uses new-age technologies such as Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), analytics and a mobile app., to name a few. Through Miraie, manufacturers can look forward to managing end-to-end operations that are claimed to result in enhanced production efficiencies and quality levels along with helping Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) identify inherent issues. This is expected to result in lower downtime occurrences. On helping manufacturers break even, it is also said to be a good starting point to attain economies of scale. The solution is currently available in four variants and is customisable. From basic to advanced, depending on the requirement with bundled, valueadded features.

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