The Future of Automotive Manufacturing

As automotive demand increases for customized and connected vehicles, the complexities will be around managing process time and product assortment.

FREMONT, CA: The future of automotive manufacturing is set to increase by a third, to two million vehicles a year by 2021. And as the IoT and advanced technologies take hold, the way these vehicles are designed, developed, distributed and used will transform fundamentally. Manufacturing plant owners will have to manage productivity and supply chain efficiency, but as automotive demand increases for customized and connected vehicles, the hurdles will be around managing process time and product assortment.

Factory owners can construct bespoke facilities, factories of the future, to carry out fully automated production. In reality, firms will continue within the limits of existing operations, adapted to accommodate the innovative technologies. And transformation doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing affair put in place overnight. For larger firms and smaller suppliers, it’s about incremental transformation given existing knowledge and assets, about adapting towards best practice by adopting new materials and new ideas, rather than going all-out for radical transformation and failing.

To minimize storage costs and manufacture on-demand, just-in-time production and supply chain is vital. This is possible only with visibility of the whole supply chain, upstream and downstream, and the knowledge of where everything is at any given point, including components, people, equipment, freight and finished goods. Adoption of cyber-physical models such as IoT and Industry 4.0 support this evolution, with people, operations and technology fully aligned.

With real-time data turned into actionable insights, manufacturing operators have what they require to make improved decisions resulting in efficient production that meets demand and avoids wastage of time, money and materials. Auto ID and mobile technology, implemented with a stage and gate strategy through the manufacturing operation, offer visibility, certainty and measurable metrics in real-time, with technology-powered, mobile workers managing production to align with the precise requirements of the supply chain.

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