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17–19 April 2018 Messe Stuttgart Germany
17–19 April 2018 Messe Stuttgart Germany
Smart Manufacturing Smart Manufacturing involves the use of advanced manufacturing techniques, information systems and digital technology in order to optimize manufacturing processes, potentially revolutionizing how products are made and delivered to end users.
Smart manufacturing processes and techniques can be applied to any industrial sector. Within the healthcare industry it can be used by medical device, pharmaceutical, bioscience and diagnostics companies, as well as by manufacturers and suppliers of components, raw materials and ancillary products.
Intelligent ICT-based machines, systems and networks are capable of independently exchanging and responding to information in order to manage industrial production processes.
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A smart factory may include smart robotics that can communicate with the manufacturing systems, sensors that are used throughout the supply chain, machine-to-machine communication, connectivity tools, big data processing solutions and advanced technologies such as 3D printing processes, artificial intelligence and augmented reality tools. It can include the use of computer control and intelligence systems, big data analytics and the Internet of Things. All of these elements are fullyintegrated into the smart factory, driving the move towards manufacturing as an ecosystem. These intelligent ICT-based machines, systems and networks are capable of independently exchanging and responding to information in order to manage industrial production processes. Enabling this intercommunication between the elements of the smart factory can provide extensive real-time information regarding manufacturing processes, which can make production and logistic processes more transparent and controllable. The aim of smart manufacturing is to use integrated, interconnected systems to improve the manufacturing process as a whole: from the supply chain, to the
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The use of smart sensors has the potential to dramatically reduce energy expenses in advanced manufacturing, improving costs and also helping to reduce factory emissions and improve the environment. production of finished goods, and then to subsequent warehousing and distribution. Enabling each area to communicate with each other can improve the manufacturing process in several ways. It provides a high degree of flexibility, enabling manufacturers to rapidly respond to changes in customer demand or in the supply of components, while also enabling companies to more easily customize their end products or tailor them to the needs of individual regions, markets or customers. Most importantly, smart manufacturing can help improve productivity and lower costs. Having exact data regarding the entire production process can help companies to identify and resolve inefficiencies, which can even go as far as quantifying the productivity of each worker within the system. The technology can also speed the entire production process and help companies with business planning activities. In addition, the use of smart sensors has the potential to dramatically reduce energy expenses in advanced manufacturing, improving costs and also helping to reduce factory emissions and improve the environment.
Involving the use of smart technologies Despite the many advantages of smart manufacturing, the technologies involved can be very expensive for companies to implement, which has created a barrier to adoption for many companies, including those operating in the healthcare sector. In addition, several aspects of the technology remain in their infancy. As smart manufacturing involves the use of various technologies, often provided by separate companies, these disparate solutions must also be able to communicate and interoperate with each other seamlessly and securely.
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With many countries in the Western world seeing increased competition from lower-cost manufacturers in emerging markets, particularly India and China, several government initiatives have been established to help develop smart manufacturing technologies and facilitate their implementation, potentially helping companies in developed countries to improve their competitiveness and innovation. The aim of these initiatives is to bring together experts with from within industry, academia and non-profit organizations, helping to develop and promote the use of interconnected, integrated smart manufacturing technologies.
European research projects
In Europe, the Factories of the Future public-private partnership was launched in 2008 under the European Economic Recovery Plan. Activities, funded under the 7th E.U. Framework Programme for Research, comprised 150 projects involving leading industrial companies and research institutions in Europe. Under Horizon 2020, the new Factories of the Future public-private partnership is building on the successes of the earlier project. The project aims to develop and help implement advanced manufacturing processes; adaptive and smart manufacturing systems; digital, virtual and resource-efficient factories; collaborative and mobile enterprises; human-centred manufacturing; and customer-focused manufacturing. The partnership brings together private and public resources with the aim of launching market-oriented, cross-border projects throughout the E.U. The projects will produce demonstrators and models to be applied in a wide range of manufacturing sectors, including the healthcare industry. Some work within the project is facilitated by the European Factories of the Future
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17–19 April 2018 Messe Stuttgart Germany
Research Association (EFFRA), a non-profit association promoting the development of innovative production technologies. It is the official representative of the private side of the ‘Factories of the Future’ publicprivate partnership.
Smart manufacturing in Germany
Several major industrial nations have also launched their own smart manufacturing initiatives. In Germany, Industrie 4.0 was created by the German Government as a strategic initiative to establish Germany as a leading market and provider of advanced manufacturing solutions. The initiative brings together technological leadership and vision in the fields of manufacturing, automation and software-based embedded systems, as well as Germany’s historically
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strong industrial networks. The project aims to increase manufacturing productivity levels In Germany by up to 50% and halve the amount of resources required by 2020. In the United States, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been supporting advanced manufacturing research, education and training for some time. It also promotes manufacturing innovation through a variety of translational research programs and by partnering with industry, states and other agencies. The NSF advanced manufacturing investment is primarily through its Cyber-enabled Materials, Manufacturing and Smart Systems (CEMMSS) priority area. An estimated US$231.46 million was invested in CEMMSS in fiscal year 2015, with an estimated
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US$164.73 million of that in advanced manufacturing. These programs support research that includes process modeling, advanced sensing and control techniques, smart manufacturing using sustainable materials, chemical reactor design and control, as well as manufacturing processes and enabling technology to support the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and bioenergy industries, with emphases on efficiency, economy and minimal environmental impact.
Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
Furthermore, in June 2016, President Obama announced the establishment of the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which brought over US$140 million in public-private investment from leading universities and manufacturers to develop smart sensors for use in advanced manufacturing. The Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition leads the institute, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, bringing together a consortium of nearly 200 partners from across academia, industry and non-profit organizations. The aim is to accelerate the development and adoption of advanced sensors, data analytics and controls in manufacturing, while reducing the cost of these technologies by half and improving the efficiency of U.S. manufacturing. To ensure that all American businesses, regardless of their size or potential resource limitations, have the opportunity to benefit from the institute’s progress, the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute uses an opensource digital platform and technology marketplace to integrate sensors, controls, platform and modeling technologies into commercial smart manufacturing systems. The institute also aims to provide manufacturing communities with easy and affordable access to real-time analytic tools, infrastructure and industrial applications.
While much smart manufacturing technology is still in the concept and development stage, some companies are already implementing certain elements. For example, Amazon has already deployed mobile robots in its warehouses and UPS is using aspects of the technology to optimize its supply chain. Leading companies currently developing and offering smart manufacturing solutions include Rockwell Automation, Renishaw, Microsoft, Intel, Schneider Electric, Emerson Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, Oracle and Honeywell International. Several major companies that have healthcare operations are also active within current smart manufacturing initiatives, including Siemens, GE, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and 3M. While many of these companies’ projects are not solely focused on their healthcare operations, they will be looking to implement smart manufacturing throughout all of their businesses in the future as this becomes viable. n
As not to be left behind, it is therefore important for companies active in the healthcare industry to keep pace with new developments in this area and examine whether smart manufacturing could benefit their business.
Find out more about Smart Manufacturing & meet over 7,000 Medical Technology professionals at Medtec Europe 2018 in Stuttgart, 17-19 April 2018. www.medteceurope.com
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Medtec Europe Germany
17–19 April 2018 Messe Stuttgart Germany
Smart Manufacturing Smart Manufacturing involves the use of advanced manufacturing techniques, information systems and digital technology in order to optimize manufacturing processes, potentially revolutionizing how products are made and delivered to end users.
Smart manufacturing processes and techniques can be applied to any industrial sector. Within the healthcare industry it can be used by medical device, pharmaceutical, bioscience and diagnostics companies, as well as by manufacturers and suppliers of components, raw materials and ancillary products.
Intelligent ICT-based machines, systems and networks are capable of independently exchanging and responding to information in order to manage industrial production processes.
www.medteceurope.com
A smart factory may include smart robotics that can communicate with the manufacturing systems, sensors that are used throughout the supply chain, machine-to-machine communication, connectivity tools, big data processing solutions and advanced technologies such as 3D printing processes, artificial intelligence and augmented reality tools. It can include the use of computer control and intelligence systems, big data analytics and the Internet of Things. All of these elements are fullyintegrated into the smart factory, driving the move towards manufacturing as an ecosystem. These intelligent ICT-based machines, systems and networks are capable of independently exchanging and responding to information in order to manage industrial production processes. Enabling this intercommunication between the elements of the smart factory can provide extensive real-time information regarding manufacturing processes, which can make production and logistic processes more transparent and controllable. The aim of smart manufacturing is to use integrated, interconnected systems to improve the manufacturing process as a whole: from the supply chain, to the
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Medtec Europe Germany
17–19 April 2018 Messe Stuttgart Germany
The use of smart sensors has the potential to dramatically reduce energy expenses in advanced manufacturing, improving costs and also helping to reduce factory emissions and improve the environment. production of finished goods, and then to subsequent warehousing and distribution. Enabling each area to communicate with each other can improve the manufacturing process in several ways. It provides a high degree of flexibility, enabling manufacturers to rapidly respond to changes in customer demand or in the supply of components, while also enabling companies to more easily customize their end products or tailor them to the needs of individual regions, markets or customers. Most importantly, smart manufacturing can help improve productivity and lower costs. Having exact data regarding the entire production process can help companies to identify and resolve inefficiencies, which can even go as far as quantifying the productivity of each worker within the system. The technology can also speed the entire production process and help companies with business planning activities. In addition, the use of smart sensors has the potential to dramatically reduce energy expenses in advanced manufacturing, improving costs and also helping to reduce factory emissions and improve the environment.
Involving the use of smart technologies Despite the many advantages of smart manufacturing, the technologies involved can be very expensive for companies to implement, which has created a barrier to adoption for many companies, including those operating in the healthcare sector. In addition, several aspects of the technology remain in their infancy. As smart manufacturing involves the use of various technologies, often provided by separate companies, these disparate solutions must also be able to communicate and interoperate with each other seamlessly and securely.
www.medteceurope.com
With many countries in the Western world seeing increased competition from lower-cost manufacturers in emerging markets, particularly India and China, several government initiatives have been established to help develop smart manufacturing technologies and facilitate their implementation, potentially helping companies in developed countries to improve their competitiveness and innovation. The aim of these initiatives is to bring together experts with from within industry, academia and non-profit organizations, helping to develop and promote the use of interconnected, integrated smart manufacturing technologies.
European research projects
In Europe, the Factories of the Future public-private partnership was launched in 2008 under the European Economic Recovery Plan. Activities, funded under the 7th E.U. Framework Programme for Research, comprised 150 projects involving leading industrial companies and research institutions in Europe. Under Horizon 2020, the new Factories of the Future public-private partnership is building on the successes of the earlier project. The project aims to develop and help implement advanced manufacturing processes; adaptive and smart manufacturing systems; digital, virtual and resource-efficient factories; collaborative and mobile enterprises; human-centred manufacturing; and customer-focused manufacturing. The partnership brings together private and public resources with the aim of launching market-oriented, cross-border projects throughout the E.U. The projects will produce demonstrators and models to be applied in a wide range of manufacturing sectors, including the healthcare industry. Some work within the project is facilitated by the European Factories of the Future
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Medtec Europe Germany
17–19 April 2018 Messe Stuttgart Germany
Research Association (EFFRA), a non-profit association promoting the development of innovative production technologies. It is the official representative of the private side of the ‘Factories of the Future’ publicprivate partnership.
Smart manufacturing in Germany
Several major industrial nations have also launched their own smart manufacturing initiatives. In Germany, Industrie 4.0 was created by the German Government as a strategic initiative to establish Germany as a leading market and provider of advanced manufacturing solutions. The initiative brings together technological leadership and vision in the fields of manufacturing, automation and software-based embedded systems, as well as Germany’s historically
www.medteceurope.com
strong industrial networks. The project aims to increase manufacturing productivity levels In Germany by up to 50% and halve the amount of resources required by 2020. In the United States, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been supporting advanced manufacturing research, education and training for some time. It also promotes manufacturing innovation through a variety of translational research programs and by partnering with industry, states and other agencies. The NSF advanced manufacturing investment is primarily through its Cyber-enabled Materials, Manufacturing and Smart Systems (CEMMSS) priority area. An estimated US$231.46 million was invested in CEMMSS in fiscal year 2015, with an estimated
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Medtec Europe Germany
17–19 April 2018 Messe Stuttgart Germany
US$164.73 million of that in advanced manufacturing. These programs support research that includes process modeling, advanced sensing and control techniques, smart manufacturing using sustainable materials, chemical reactor design and control, as well as manufacturing processes and enabling technology to support the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and bioenergy industries, with emphases on efficiency, economy and minimal environmental impact.
Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute
Furthermore, in June 2016, President Obama announced the establishment of the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which brought over US$140 million in public-private investment from leading universities and manufacturers to develop smart sensors for use in advanced manufacturing. The Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition leads the institute, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, bringing together a consortium of nearly 200 partners from across academia, industry and non-profit organizations. The aim is to accelerate the development and adoption of advanced sensors, data analytics and controls in manufacturing, while reducing the cost of these technologies by half and improving the efficiency of U.S. manufacturing. To ensure that all American businesses, regardless of their size or potential resource limitations, have the opportunity to benefit from the institute’s progress, the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute uses an opensource digital platform and technology marketplace to integrate sensors, controls, platform and modeling technologies into commercial smart manufacturing systems. The institute also aims to provide manufacturing communities with easy and affordable access to real-time analytic tools, infrastructure and industrial applications.
While much smart manufacturing technology is still in the concept and development stage, some companies are already implementing certain elements. For example, Amazon has already deployed mobile robots in its warehouses and UPS is using aspects of the technology to optimize its supply chain. Leading companies currently developing and offering smart manufacturing solutions include Rockwell Automation, Renishaw, Microsoft, Intel, Schneider Electric, Emerson Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, Oracle and Honeywell International. Several major companies that have healthcare operations are also active within current smart manufacturing initiatives, including Siemens, GE, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and 3M. While many of these companies’ projects are not solely focused on their healthcare operations, they will be looking to implement smart manufacturing throughout all of their businesses in the future as this becomes viable. n
As not to be left behind, it is therefore important for companies active in the healthcare industry to keep pace with new developments in this area and examine whether smart manufacturing could benefit their business.
Find out more about Smart Manufacturing & meet over 7,000 Medical Technology professionals at Medtec Europe 2018 in Stuttgart, 17-19 April 2018. www.medteceurope.com
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Medtec Europe Germany
