SAM Outillage, tool manufacturer and creator of the SALES MACHINE at the service of INDUSTRY 4.0
Industry 4.0 does not only do that, but it is also about automation, which is one of its fundamental components. But it is a precious indicator of the paths that the industry sector is taking to initiate this new transformation, especially on the investments made. The industrial countries have made financial choices – sometimes quite different choices – based on the weight of this sector in their economies.
For some states it was a question of gaining competitiveness by moving, and for others they had done so to upgrade their industrial tools and adapt them to new market needs and constraints. France chose the path of re-shoring while seeking, without any reality conviction, to modernize and improve its sustainability industry.
For France: Industry 4.0 represents a unique opportunity: that of rethinking its production ecosystem from top to bottom. Applied to the needs of the industry, digitalization could allow to develop the factories of the future, supporting teams in their transition to a rethought, global system that offers greater flexibility.
It could be at its core re-shoring and building it own production, while re-creating skilled jobs. With the vitality of French technology and its network of start-ups and SMEs, its advances in virtualization techniques, and its mastery of AI allowing the predictability of the development of IoT** (the Internet of Things) of process flows at very high speed, it has all the assets required to bring about a profound change.
HOW TO BALANCE PRODUCTIVITY AND SAFETY WITH COMFORT?
The flexibility of processes for better productivity.
The industrial sector faces a multitude of constraints: material, economic, human and technological. The large manufacturing groups were the first to be affected and have been looking for solutions and tools that can control them. The flexibility of processes for better One of them – undoubtedly the best known – is Lean Management.
This idea may have evolved over the decades to adapt to the sector involved.
The terms of Agility and Operational Excellence are sometimes used. But their origins lie in Lean Management. This idea of ’Lean’ emphasizes the importance of flexibility management, as precisely as possible, without waste. It is a matter of eliminating processes and costs that are too expensive in terms of resources or time.
Toyota formalized the basic principles of this system in the 1950s in Japan, which was then experiencing a major industrial boom. The Toyota Production System or TPS relied on methods and practices that allow rethink management and strategy, without sacrificing quality and reliability.
It was a matter of understanding the existing processes, testing them and proving them in such a way to implement the necessary changes to increase productivity. Carrying out complex tasks, where people are at the center of the process, places a very great weight on it. With the advent of Industry 4.0, automation processes are becoming increasingly important development and the protection of teams is an essential necessity.
So visit our stand 1148 and be informed and convinced of our publishing machine for the 4.0 Industry, with many benefits for your lean management projects.
