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The 4Th Smart Manufacturing Summit 2019 Was An Eye Opener In Terms Of Simple Learning Solutions And Solving Problems At The Root

SMART MANUFACTURING HAS BECOME THE industry buzzword. And not for nothing. With more companies seeking out avant-garde methods of faster time to market, there must be methods to design and manufacture goods. For the 4th year in a row, Manufacturing Today has steadfastly continued to hold the Smart Manufacturing Summit and this time in Chennai. The idea was to look at newer markets and kindle more companies to relook at their manufacturing methods.

Held at The Westin-Velachery on June 28, Smart Manufacturing Summit sought to unearth in-depth details from our esteemed panellists and partners on some of the technologies and innovations happening in this area.

Welcoming the audience, Bibhor Srivastava, group publishing director, ITP Media Group (India), elaborated on the concept of the event and what lay in store for the day.

R Varadharajan, technical expert, Bosch India, set the tone for the day through a special address who spoke on Industry 4.0: Enabling Manufacturing Excellence through Digitalisation. "We have come a long way to make digital payments possible. Then came transaction-based and there were some limitations. Digital is becoming a ecosystem. Data can be stored in small form factor and can be made mobile. With decreasing cost of computer resources, energy intensity of the mobile too has come down. Though data generation was happening earlier too, data asset-building started much later and can be transformed to deliver value for customer."