Key Points
Assembly lines are becoming less dependent on humans-the shop floor foreman's holler is headed toward extinction..
Instead, data and intelligent technologies have taken charge of factory machines, instructing them on tasks that need to be completed.AFP..
This push toward Industry 4.0 is prompting Indian conglomerates and large companies-such as Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the RPG Group, MG India, Hyundai and Hindustan Zinc-to ramp up investments to digitise factory floors, top executives told ET...
At MG Motor India, shopfloor digitisation includes online displays with graphics to visualise equipment health, said director, manufacturing, Ravi Mittal..
In 2023, Vedanta Group unit Hindustan Zinc undertook key technological initiatives in the areas of equipment tracking, collision avoidance, tele-remote operation of equipment and online monitoring of processes and services for better control through a central control room, said Arun Misra, CEO...
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