Case Study
Actively pursuing digital transformation, Amulaire Thermal Tech responds to rising energy costs and Tier 1 automakers' requests for future low carbon emission suppliers in the supply chain.
Creating Tailored Applications Across Diverse Manufacturing Scenarios with Advantech iFactory
2024/1/1According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, one-third of global food production is lost or wasted each year. Developing countries in particular experience significant food losses throughout the production chain, with an estimated 30–40% of total production being lost before reaching the market.
Although upgrading to smart factories is already necessary for manufacturers to maintain their competitiveness, many of them remain hesitant to make the transition because of various challenges, including the high cost and difficulty of IoT implementation and need for dedicated maintenance staff.
In the era of Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing has emerged as a crucial driver of global industrial transformation, presenting a new frontier of opportunities. The Executive Yuan’s initiatives aimed at supporting the adoption of smart technologies and promoting sustainable business models are poised to revolutionize the manufacturing sector.
Despite advancements in smart manufacturing over the past decade, manufacturers in France continue to encounter significant challenges in implementing smart solutions. One key pain point is the aging infrastructure, which demands regular maintenance and repairs to minimize downtime and maintain productivity.
In the world of automotive manufacturing, precision and efficiency are paramount. With complex bills of materials (BOM) and multi-step assembly processes, any missing part or material can bring the entire production line to a standstill.
With energy constraints and environmental awareness on the rise, optimal energy management has become increasingly critical.
Precision-machined products are expensive. If unexpected tool chipping and breakages happen during machining, it could cause quality issues and a whole batch of products may have to be rejected, meaning productivity will be affected and extra costs incurred.
Robot arms have become essential in automated manufacturing and have significantly reduced the need for manpower. They also improve the accuracy of assembly and boost productivity.
Recent years have seen a considerable increase in consumer demand for high-mix low-volume production. The need for supply chain reorganization and shorter delivery times necessitates that shoe manufacturers in Taiwan urgently establish agile and precise real-time management strategies.
Advantech’s comprehensive range of integrated software and hardware IoT solutions enabled Hsu Fu Chi to revolutionize operations management at its production sites by digitalizing and optimizing process workflows.
Based on meaningful insights into machine utilization, production performance and quality, and energy consumption, the zipper factory is now more able to make better production expansion strategies in Indonesia.
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Equipment failure can have a big impact on production lines, but with Advantech WISE-iFactory and Azure OpenAI technology, downtime can be reduced and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) boosted!
WISE-iFactory x Azure OpenAI | Transforming Event Reports to Maximize Production Efficiency
2023/7/24Discover how Advantech WISE-iFactory and Azure OpenAI can help quickly solve abnormal production problems, increase production efficiency, and optimize the operation of the production line!
Have you ever experienced a costly machine failure due to lack of preventive maintenance? Our PHM solution leverages LoRaWAN technology to collect vibration data from rotating machines, such as water pumps, industrial fans, and motors. Watch our unboxing video to find out more about our PHM solution. Contact WISE-iFactory: iFactory@advantech.com
Are you looking for a way to keep track of important metrics and improve your factory's performance? Check out Advantech iFactory's Dashboard and Situation Center! It provides some key features to help you make smarter business decisions. Get in touch with us!
Have you ever been frustrated by the time it takes to make a dashboard? We have a solution to help you reduce it to 1-6 days! Click the video link to learn more! 👉 Contact us: https://wise-paas.advantech.com/en-us/marketplace/help/sales-support 👉 email to WISE-iFactory team: iFactory@advantech.com.tw
Advantech iFactory Food & Beverage solution can help to streamline data management and improve the equipment efficiency and energy utilization of each process in the food processing plant through digital transformation and AI vision recognition model. Welcome to learn more about how to achieve a win-win situation of productivity and safety!
Discover the advantages of the WISE-iFactory Electronics Manufacturing Digital Transformation Solution! This comprehensive solution bridges the gaps in data during operations, increases productivity and provides digital guidance for all processes.
Are you ready to begin your transformation journey? iFactoryWorks four starter packages enable you to quickly collect IoT data, enhance machine efficiency, and provide digital instructions with solutions hosted on either Microsoft Azure's public cloud service or Advantech's private cloud service, WISE-STACK.
Statistical Process Control (SPC) - a classic method for looking at quality in production. With iFactory 's SPC, you can use IoT data to analyze and detect process variations at the production point to help you manage and reduce variation in production, ensuring stable quality for your products.
FAQ about iFactoryWorks | 1 How can we easily understand the OEE of our factory? Where do we start?
2023/4/10Get ready to maximize your OEE and take your production to the next level! Gain total visibility of your production line with Advantech’s iFactory Solution Suites!
Empowering employees with digital work instructions can increase productivity, reduce the risk of sensitive information being leaked, and reduce waste. With Work Mentor - eManual I.App, you can easily provide meaningful instructions with multimedia, barcodes, QR codes, AI, and more.
Maximize your factory efficiency and take your production to the next level with Advantech’s iFactory Solution Suites! Get ready to see amazing results with this suite! The following FAQ will show you step-by-step how to start your digital transformation journey with us.
Advantech iFactory/Shop Floor I.App integrates relevant real-time IoT data sources for a live reporting and real-time tracking of work pieces to quickly grasp line production information and reduce production cycles.
To help prevent machine downtime, use digitalization for cost-effective maintenance, improved traceability & monitoring. Leverage web-backend & mobile services for tracking machine output & maintenance jobs. Contact WISE-iFactory to reduce downtime & maximize the efficiency of your shop floor.
Check out this awesome video to know how WISE-iFactory's solution has enabled the success stories of these manufacturing companies!
Leverage iFactory/Andon to monitor machine breakdowns, analyze performance, and maximize OEE for higher productivity.
iFactory OEE - Industrial App Feature Video
2022/12/29iFactory/ OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency management) I.App, monitors the real-time status of equipment and presents only the most important information such as production quality and ratios through data acquisition and dashboard presentation. | OEE page ▸ https://reurl.cc/EXvRrg | Contact us ▸ https://reurl.cc/ymarjD
WISE-iEMS Forum_Empower the energy saving transformation by Advantech iEMS ECOWatch, Jophei Yu
2022/12/16iEMS put the whole energy flow under the magnifier, and turn manual record behavior in to automatically report system. Achieve averagely 3%~10% energy cost saving, saving 80% human cost on back and forth onsite checking and conducting reports. And in overall, increase 20% of energy management efficiency.
WISE-iEMS Forum_Easy Subscription Service to Build an Industrial Co-creation Ecosystem, Ryan Lai
2022/12/16Together with WISE-iEMS core modules & co-creation partners and solution partners to establish an industrial ecosystem partnership to create a comprehensive End to end solutions to meet customer demands.
ECOEnterprise is the right solution in this case to achieve sustainability and support ESG goals by fulling ISO certifictions, GRI report, and even CDP disclosure.
In this webinar, Advantech join hands with the world's top consulting firm Ernst & Young EY, focusing on the environment (E) and Internet of Things technology in ESG. Register and learn about this powerful solution!
IoT has been considered in terms of operational efficiency – the drive for a smarter, leaner, Factory 4.0 world. Our iEMS suite of software applications will demonstrate that IoT is the bridge between the technology and needs of ESG programs.
WISE-iEMS Forum_Enhance ESG Performance with ISO certifications Framework, Brian Lin(EY)
2022/12/16Why enterprise should pay attention to this topic or why should enterprise allocate resource to become a net-zero company? There are three main reason that let ESG become the hottest topics recently. There are Global ESG regulations, Growing Demands for Sustainability, and Green and Responsible Finance.
WISE-iEMS Forum_Enabling the intelligent and sustainable planet - Advantech ESG, Enola Chen
2022/12/16Cases in Advantech we are using the Eco enterprise, Carbon R and the self developed platform of conducting the GHG inventory. The tool can sort the data of energy consumption, energy efficiency, carbon emission and its trends in local and global. The product can benefit the corporates to improve the performance of eco operation efficiency.
WISE-iFactory's Dashboard and Situation Center are designed to analyze production, quality and machine operation from a macro perspective and present them in a visual way. It helps executives to quickly grasp the operation of the company, monitor the business situation and use the data to make the best business decisions.
WISE-IoT Core Services provide a one-stop, low-code IT platform for developing and operating microservice applications for both developers and system maintainers. let users can easily use and faster delivery.
The era of Industrial IoT is here and smart manufacturing is the biggest beneficiary. Advantech WISE-iFactory provides low-code/no-code cloud platform solutions for applications such as smart manufacturing, factory process optimization, energy sustainability management, and equipment health pre-diagnosis.
Because of its hazardous working environment, metal process industry is facing serious labor shortage, operation experience barrier and limited technology improvement. The pace of technological change is faster than ever, especially in the metal process industry. Almost all the competition is swarmed into building digitalization factory.
Co-Creating a digital ecosystem for optimized performance and management. WISE-iFactory provides end-customers or system integrators end-to-end co-creation solutions at any stage of their digital transformation. Working Together for Success.
Electronics products are facing increasingly short product lifecycles, creating rapid changes for manufacturers as products are phasing in & out yearly. WISE-iFactory’s electronics manufacturing solution is a solution suite composed to assist electronics manufacturers on their digital transformation journey for Industry 4.0.
Advantech as an IoT ecosystems enabler, provides customer with low-code platform by addressing on respective pain point, automates aspects of development process, and to achieve more co-creation value with our customers and solution partners.
WISE-iFactory_2.5 Predictive Analytics
2022/11/28PHM is a machine-centric solution, helping end customers to detect machine anomaly in early stage and provide health state prediction. The information can be used as the decision-making for optimizing maintenance schedule to achieve the goal of smart machine management.
According to the Market share report, the digital transformation tools will help food and beverage manufacturer facing challenges in security, traceability and production quality in the supply chain. WISE-iFactory helps users to achieve a win-win situation under the high demand and strict food safety regulations with the food and beverage solution.
TPM solution is formed by multiple apps, designed to make use of IoT data collection in handling process events and to create more transparency in understanding what’s actually going on in your shop floor, leading to increase throughput and quality of production.
Catalog
The WISE-IoT Magazine of Intelligent Factory focused on the domain industry solution and smart manufacturing partnership. WISE-iFactory can greatly meet the needs of industrial focusing, and providing the flexibility in the ecosystem and subscription system make partners easily to use, and co-creation.
The WISE-IoT Magazine of Intelligent Factory focused on the smart manufacturing trends and the inevitable acceleration toward industry 4.0 with technology constantly evolving. Moving forward, Advantech and partners will continue developing data monetization to drive transformation and upgrades through close collaboration.
Industry Focus
Microsoft is partnering with leading industrial connectivity partners Advantech, PTC, and Softing to unlock industrial data for AI and accelerate digital transformation for industrial customers leveraging Azure IoT Operations through Azure’s adaptive cloud approach.