“Today, manufacturing is changing faster than ever before, and the drivers for this include globalization, individualization, time to market, and sustainability.”
Brian Holliday, Managing Director, Digital Factory
Consider that the things around us start talking and providing us information. If my alarm clock knows what my office time is, the route traffic, the distance from home to the office, and can calculate the wake-up time accordingly.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if my umbrella asked me to carry it because it’s going to rain, an app on my phone tells me that there’s a coffee shop nearby because it’s cold outside?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a smart technology that can take business operations to a different level. The purpose of this idea is to improve efficiency and profitability, which in turn helps to gain a competitive advantage and grow their business.
How can Manufacturing industries use IoT?
As I mentioned earlier, you’ll need an app or program to get all the relevant data, so in the manufacturing industry, a company needs to install a few tools, such as sensors and actuators, to measure humidity and temperature. These tools record the data and if the temperature has exceeded a particular level; the sensor will directly send the message to the respective operator. The important thing is that with specific permissions, anyone can access data from these devices.
Imagine a factory facing a delay in production due to an unexpected slowdown. At times, these problems could have a domino effect, such as the failure of the system, which would delay the delivery of orders that could lead to frustration among consumers and a possible loss of revenue. No organization wants to do that.
IoT can also monitor real-time events and inform you when there is any issue.
If in your factory, it is strictly prohibited to use flammable products inside the production unit. If someone unknowingly kept an oil barrel near the facility, the sensors will detect that there is some combustible material in the restricted area and send the notification to the operators.
With smart connections of devices, machinery, and production stages, manufacturers can get a minimum human intervention, efficient equipment maintenance, employee safety, and successful process management.
What makes Flexli a strong crusader in pursuit of IoT Technolog
- Customer First Approach
- Modularity to scale up and down as per requirement
- Value for Money check
As a team, Flexli believes in the concept of collective efforts, so if you are interested in our mission and want to collaborate with us to build sustainable IoT Technology for warehouses, you can contact us. In any case, even if you would like to learn more about our previous works on similar domains please feel free to contact us.