THE VENDING MACHINE AT THE SERVICE OF INDUSTRY 4.0

flexibility This 4th industrial revolution that we’re talking about here, appeared because it was a necessity. It is the outcome of market upheavals. It is the corollary of a need inherent to the production tool: flexibility The challenge of

Industry 4.0 provides not only solutions in terms of technological advances. But it also makes it possible to improve production security. By offering new tools, and new predictive maintenance interfaces, it makes it possible to pre-empt

failures, delays and malfunctions. Machines and their operators are inter-dependent. They can exchange and foresee in order to offer greater productivity .

INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE: evolutions driven by digital integration, new production technologies and the quest for flexibility

DIGITIZATION Connected things Big data Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Augmented Reality HMI *

ADVANCED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES Additive Layer Manufacturing Collaborative robotics Mobile robotics Drones Virtual Reality Simulation Exoskeletons

FLEXIBILITY Reconfiguration Atypical working hours Platforming Circular economy Lean Management Temping New organisations

But this questioning of the “conventional” industrial model also involves social change. This is one of the major challenges of this industrial revolution. In these days of “total connectivity”, organisations must redefine their structural functioning. With, as a result, new professions, new skills and new processes. We must assess the risks and know what they are, define their context, establish procedures, so we can then give the full measure

of the flexibility enabled by smart industry. If the advanced production and assistance technologies will make it possible to favour the digital transformation of industries, they must be considered with the backing of specifically adapted methods. This is the case of Lean Management , which is perfectly suited to the industrial sector.

*Human Machine Interface

White Paper - May 2023 The vending machine at the service of Industry 4.0: how to combine productivity and innovation

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