Introduction
In the year of 2020, there was many challenges for everyone.
That year was disaster for everyone be it a businessman or jobber. If we talk
about business, every sector was affected but the manufacturing industry
affected the most during the pandemic year.
With the start of 2021, every business started hoping for
the best especially manufacturing industry. To grab opportunities for your
business you need to know the trends in manufacturing industry. This can help
your business speed up to get back and running.
Trends that boost manufacturing industry in 2021
Employee's health and safety
Employee's health and safety is always the matter of focus
for all industries. And some improvements are taking place with time. Like safety
shoes, safety goggles, jackets etc. were made mandatory.
It’s good that companies provide internal safety components
but that’s not enough. Apart from this, some measurable things need to be
brought to notice. There is data of who get injured, but there is no accurate
data of why someone got injured, in which department, on which time, how many,
etc.
So why these things should be included in employees' health
and safety? Because there is one simple reason that if data related to these
things are stored. Then companies will get to know the actual reason of injury
of each and every employee and it can be controlled.
Installing Health and Safety Display Board to track accurate
data is one solution which companies can adopt as it is also mandatory by government.
Smart Manufacturing
What if machines let operators and engineers know about the
problem? Yes, in today’s industry 4.0 world, it is possible.
Now a days, machines get automated in their process.
Internet of Things has made it possible for machines to talk with
machines.
If you are a manufacturer then you should be aware about the
issues in your factory facility like production breakdown, downtime, total
operating hours etc. Knowing the issue at the earliest and solving it in less
time will reduce the downtime.
When issue related to machine arises, normally it takes
longer time to just identify the issue. Because this is manual process where operator
finds the problem, and then inform concerned operator/engineer about it and
then it gets solved. This is a very lengthy process and very time consuming
too. Due to more consumption of time the productivity and efficiency decreases
as it results in waste of manpower hours.
This is the reason why manufacturing process could not run as smooth as
expected.
ANDON system solves this problem. ANDON system is a great
example of Smart Manufacturing Unit. It identifies the issue and notifies to
concerned department in no time. It also records the downtime and communicates
it to management via SMS or Email in real time for them to take action
immediately, if it does not get solved in ideal downtime.
Digital Connectivity
Digital Connectivity make machines smarter. Digital
connectivity between object, system and application makes things easy. When
machine operates through Industrial Internet of things (IIOT), it will get more
intelligent and efficient and ideas will get real.
Great example of digital connectivity is production
monitoring system. Many companies are already using Production monitoring
system for tracing their production data in real time.
It not only tracks target, actual and gap in the production
but also generates MIS reports. Production Monitoring System when integrated
with MES (Manufacturing Execution System) the live dashboard is available which
calculates the efficiency of the production line and most importantly it
calculates the OEE which is must for each manufacturer for better planning and
take decisions.
Operate Green in Manufacturing
Pollution through production is the concern from starting of
industrialization till now. Pollution has increased to such an extent that
government is also now concerned and has formed strict pollution rules for
manufacturing industries.
Whether or not each factory is following guidelines,
government and even top management of company need to stay aware. For this,
installing Pollution parameter display, Safety Parameter display and Environmental,Health and Safety display is the best resort.
The digital display of each parameter on single screen makes
it easy for manufacturing unit to stay updated. It not only displays data but
can also feed real time data directly from machines or government portal.
Front line Employees
Let’s talk about trend related to employees. Employees and
workers are the main and important asset of each company. Company needs to take
care of its employees. Many companies offer different benefits so that
employees can keep record of their work and time.
But wait, that’s not enough, there also comes responsibility
from employees' side as well. If employees and workers are not punctual and if
the management cannot record their impunctuality it results in
inefficiency.
With the advanced technology companies can have time attendance management system which manages attendance of employees with
automation, records time, apply leave and track their daily punch in and punch
out time. The manager and HR both stays aware and can easily tracks and analyze
the automatic generated reports at fingertips.
Trends will keep on changing with time but main thing is how
industries adopt changes. Big companies always upgrade themselves with the
trend. Because changes bring development and trends are meant for advancing.
And this is the Trend of Automation. Upgrade your business with Technology
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It is good article. Well written
ReplyDeleteThank you RP
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