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I/O Full Page Ad.indd 73Full Page Ad.indd 734/28/20 9:19 AM4/28/20 9:19 AM4 Product Selection and Applied Technology Handbook 2020 PRODUCT SELECTION & APPLIED TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK 2020 Contents Four Smart Manufacturing Principles Deliver Business Results Lessons for Building the Connected Worker Integrating Robots Into Your Manufacturing Environment IIoT Communications Smart Manufacturing—It’s Not (Just) About Technologyg 06 08 12 16 19 AW2005_Handbook.indd 4AW2005_Handbook.indd 44/29/20 9:58 AM4/29/20 9:58 AMFull Page Ad.indd 73Full Page Ad.indd 734/28/20 9:28 AM4/28/20 9:28 AM6 Product Selection and Applied Technology Handbook 2020 I n a blinding statement of the obvious, smart manufacturing proj- ects are mostly about implementing smart technology—and rightly so. Smart technology is an extremely powerful driving force and is rapidly changing the industrial world. It’s used everywhere in manu- facturing to increase productivity, reduce costs, provide new capabili- ties for companies to serve their customers, and provide hard dollar benefits to the bottom line. It’s all just amazing. Ultimately, for smart technology to be successful, there needs to be more than just the technology. It must be coupled with smart peo- ple who are internet and technology savvy—people who are highly skilled and trained to use smart technology and know how to ulti- mately achieve the best business results. To make the results a reality, it’s necessary to look beyond smart technology, or even the smart people, and create an environment where the people who are using the technology to make decisions, solve problems, improve manufacturing operations, and make a bot- tom-line actually impact the business. DRIVE BUSINESS RESULTS Four principles highlight how smart people combined with smart technology can deliver the business results promised by smart manu- facturing: Technology: In the smart manufacturing world, technology pro- vides the tools to capture, analyze, and share data and information that is ultimately used to achieve the best business results; however, it is nothing more or less than a set of tools. Technology alone can no more achieve results than a hammer can build a house by itself. Instead, it is the foundation on which people must rely for their data and their information. Information: Accessing the right information ensures real-time data gets to those who can best use it to run the business. Getting beyond technology means getting beyond the data and turning it into useful information. Technology is still part of the solution, but human ingenuity is required at this point to apply the necessary, mission-crit- ical information to e ectively and e ciently run the manufacturing operations. Technology provides the right, real-time information at the right time and to the right people who can best use it to run the business. At this point, it’s not about technology anymore but about people leveraging the data to make decisions and run the business. Education: Whether you call it education, training, or just plain old experience, people need to know what to do with the technology, as well as the data and the information the technology gives them. What happens when you give someone a hammer who doesn’t know how to build a house? The house doesn’t get built. It’s necessary to provide people with training to exploit the infor- mation the technology gives them to achieve real process and pro- ductivity improvements. That means they must understand the data and information, the manufacturing and business processes, and the big picture of the manufacturing business strategy. Then, and only then, can they use the data and information they have in the con- text of the strategy to make decisions and run the business the way it needs to be run. Ownership: The final principle focuses on bringing the technology, the information, and the education together to achieve the business results. To do this, people must be empowered to make decisions—to change things. They must ultimately own the outcomes. Technology, information, and education aren’t useful if people can’t do what needs to be done. Once these three elements are in place, people must own and use these newfound tools and skills. They must be empowered to make the upfront decisions and take the necessary actions and changes required to impact the manufacturing business. So, what’s the bottom line? Smart manufacturing includes smart technology, which is a solid foundational tool, but without smart people using it, you can’t realize your goals and objectives and make an impact on your manufacturing business. Again, to achieve the required business results, you must put the four basic principles in place to ensure all elements work e ectively in tandem. BUILD A SMART BUSINESS Smart technology is impacting just about everything in our world, and manufacturing is no exception. But to have more than just an impact, it’s necessary to get beyond the smart technology and focus on the people. Ultimately, the concepts centered around the four principles go a long way toward creating an environment where the people leverag- ing and applying the technology can make a significant impact on the business and deliver real bottom-line results. 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WHAT IS THE CONNECTED WORKER? In essence, the connected worker is equipped with the right data at the right time, routine tasks are au- tomated, and attention is redirected toward more valuable activities like continuous improvement. The goal is to have the system monitor itself and notify workers when there’s a problem, rather than spending time watching and waiting for problems. The connected worker concept is about proactivity vs. reactivity. The connected worker in a manufacturing facil- ity could start work orders, complete quality checks, and log raw materials—all from a mobile device, smart watch, Bluetooth headset, or even augmented real- ity (AR) device. In addition, push notifications (such as alerts for machine stoppage events, quality checks due, or critical control points heading out of specifica- Lessons for Building the Connected Worker The connected worker is proactive not reactive. Timely data, automation and information mean their attention is redirected toward more valuable activities like continuous improvement. By Kim Fiddaman, senior consultant, Nukon AW2005_Handbook.indd 8AW2005_Handbook.indd 84/29/20 11:50 AM4/29/20 11:50 AM9 Product Selection and Applied Technology Handbook 2020Lessons for Building the Connected Worker AW2005_Handbook.indd 9AW2005_Handbook.indd 94/29/20 10:00 AM4/29/20 10:00 AMNext >