The Gemini Makers

DIGITAL FACTORY IS GAINING GROUND. THE IDEA OF CREATING A DIGITAL TWIN BEFORE MOVING TO ACTUAL PRODUCTION IS BEGINNING TO FIND FAVOUR WITH MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. HELPS THEM SAVE ON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.

- Jayashree Kini Mendes

DESPITE A TIMIDITY ABOUT DIGITISATION, manufacturers are beginning to recognise its strategic potential, which previously tended to be overlooked. Moreover, in a sharp departure from the recent past, the possibility of being able to immediately tailor products to match customer preferences and to offer customers the option to “build” their own products appears to be driving production decisions more strongly than slashing labor costs. Most of these can happen because manufacturers want to get it first time right. More Indian companies are warming up to the thought of manufacturing faster with shorter lead times and improving quality. Only a digital factory can help them with this process.

A digital factory often calls for a whole new set of rules, including increased agility, new technology solutions, and cross-functional teams. Those differences have often spelled success for companies trying to develop and push out new digital capabilities quickly.

Sunil Mehta, GM, automotive business development department, Factory Automation & Industrial Division, Mitsubishi Electric India, says, "Technological advancements are reducing the gap between automation and IT operations. This helps cross-functional teams across the value chain with respect to real-time visibility, better and faster decision making, which results in increased productivity and quality."

Mitsubishi Electric, in association with alliance partners, provides an extensive solution to utilise full potential of technologies and enables digitisation. The solution is focussed on a wide range of factory automation products from Field Layer to Control Layer & IT Layer, including faster networking solutions. Together this comprehensive solution is termed as ‘e-F@ctory’. This is possible through diverse experience, knowledge and technologies unique to Mitsubishi Electric and its alliance partner companies.