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This article delves into the calculation of AI-inspired Overall Equipment Effectiveness and its significance for modern factories.
The future employees in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era – are we preparing, planning, strategising for the inevitable? The big question is, ‘is there a future for employees in Industry 4.0, or will all the work be taken over by man-made autonomous equipment driven by the ubiquitous artificial intelligence?’ Perhap
What do the 9 pillars of Industry 4.0 mean to us in the manufacturing field, or to any other field for that matter? The Fourth Industrial Revolution like its predecessors before 1IR – Water and Steam Power Engine (1784); 2IR – Mass Production using Electrical Energy (1870); 3IR – Use of PLC and IT systems for Automatio
To compete in a global market, no organisation will tolerate losses. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is such a performance metric which will indicate a performance rate with very simple calculations. It considers all-important measures of productivity (1). Chandrajit P Ahire & Anand S Relkar, KK Wagh Institut
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution gains more and more momentum in industry and business, many commentators are giving their thoughts and opinions of the impact this wave will have on workers, leaders and the economy. Headlines I have read recently, like “The future just arrived, but are we ready” and “Myths about the
There is always fear of skills obsolescence especially amongst us humans when a new technology ushers in change. We have in fact an inherent fear of change. We are objects of comfort. We are pilgrims of Nirvana, although many of us never get there. Although the ushering of robotics and its attendant machine automation