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In recent years, “Industry 4.0” has become a topic that all industrial nations think
highly of, and developed their own strategies to face the volatile environment.
Manufacturing is an important industry in Taiwan, in addition to government
implement, all enterprises also considered “what can do” and “how to do”, to react to
this global trend and enhance competitiveness.
A-Company is just at the point of transition and ready to build a new production
line to respond to current and future markets. In this study, I interviewed in-depth to
understand the status and goal of the case, and apply related technologies to plan the
production line completely, to integrated the factory automation and information
system closely. Supervisors of the factory can fully track the progress of the
equipment operation and product yield through the system. Relevant records can
automatically collected by the sensing and coordination functions of the production
line. The processes built with sensing capabilities, they can communicate and
coordinate with each other. Executives can use the relevant indicators to understand
the instant delivery status, production progress, stock levels and so on. With the new
plan, A-Company will be able to achieve their goals and shift to intelligent
manufacturing.
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