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The manufacturer’s report also revealed that the main obstacles for manufacturers in APAC are employee reluctance to technology adoption and change, a lack of management skills to oversee the implementation of smart manufacturing, and a lack of clarity regarding the value and return on investment of smart manufacturing.
Forty-nine per cent of respondents said they are currently actively adopting smart manufacturing, and over half or 51 per cent of those who have not yet made an investment in smart manufacturing say they will do so within the next year.
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Manufacturing engineering: This function is responsible for providing tooling and machinery for future production requirements. It also gets involved with troubleshooting problems and supporting quality and continuous improvement efforts. Audits measure conformance, with corrective actions being applied as needed.
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Theres less risk and cost for companies that dont want to maintain their own on-premise systems and IT teams. But what I want to focus on here is the other half of the storythe value of a vertical application, particularly when it comes to ManufacturingExecutionSystem (MES) applications for the aerospace & defense (A&D) industry.
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