Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
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Prospective thinking about the promises of Industry 4.0 and factory of the future. Christian Hohmann, a Frenchman, author, and owner of this blog. Chris used Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma to help clients boost their operational performance, Lean transformation, new product development, project management and more, before their transition to Industry 4.0.
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
1y ago
This is the kind of irony people generally like: a story turning totally differently as expected, in favor of the humble, the weak or the poor. The humble heroes here are the workers, who were told for years that they’ll become redundant as their routine jobs will be taken over by automation, artificial intelligence and ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
1y ago
Me: What does GPT mean? ChatGPT: GPT stands for "Generative Pre-training Transformer." It is a type of language model developed by OpenAI that is designed to generate human-like text. The GPT model uses a transformer architecture, which allows it to process input sequences efficiently and to handle longer-range dependencies in the data. GPT has been ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
2y ago
In a November 2020 post, I explored the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting paperless, digitized activities and asked: Will 2021 be the "year of killing paper" ? In a November 2020 post, I explored the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting paperless, digitized activities and asked: Will 2021 be the "year of killing paper ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
2y ago
When I asked “Where will you Gemba Walk when most of the processes will be digitized?” in an article on this blog, one answer came back as doing “Gemba sits”. That is, sitting next to a person and observing how and what is done on the computer and with the phone. I guess that the ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
2y ago
In times of digital hype, 4.0 and other digital transformations, when companies keep struggling with the same old unsolved issues with new fashionable tools, it is quite refreshing to help a company with the very basics of industrial good practices, tools and methods. For my first assignment as a freelancer, I am pleased to come ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
2y ago
When it comes to potential benefits boasted by “Industry 4.0” solution vendors or the expected benefits by manufacturers, it’s all about optimization of processes and of productivity. More specifically: saving costs, increasing profitability, reducing waste, automating to prevent errors and delays, speeding up production to work more in real-time and all of this in a ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
2y ago
The concept Industry 4.0 was officially launched in October 2011 during the “Hannover messe”, Germany’s greatest trade fair. Now, in October 2021, Industry 4.0 is 10 years older and this anniversary is a good opportunity to question what changed? Reminders Taken from the German official “plattform i40”: Industrie 4.0 refers to the intelligent networking of ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
2y ago
It is a small icon with a caption in an infographic* that caught my attention, one stating that among 10 internal and external challenges** industry must overcome to achieve digital transformation, there is the “lack of business cases”. Another one states “unclear economic benefit”. I keep wondering why all strategic decisions seem still based on ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
2y ago
As Process Mining and other tech solutions boost - sometimes disrupt - Business Process Management, one may ask what will happen to classic approaches, methodologies and tools, for instance Theory of Constraints. How can Theory of Constraints benefit from Process Mining, and conversely? Here are some thoughts of mine on the subject. You may also ..read more
Chris Hohmann » Industry 4.0 and factory of the future
3y ago
Another article on the subject has been brought to my attention by one of my followers. It’s “A New Way To Understand Automation” published June 22, 2021 on the National Public Radio (NPR) website and signed by Greg Rosalsky. In essence the article is about “(../..) machines devouring jobs previously done by middle and low-income ..read more