If you've been reading International Metalworking News for Asia the past couple months, you know we’ve aggressively
pursued Industry 4.0, automation, digitalization as topics of focus. From early
introductions to in-depth explorations, our coverage mirrors the urgency IMNA
has shown in helping advance the state of South East Asia’s manufacturing
industry.
In this month's issue, we present featured articles focused
on digitalization and automation.
"Automation trends in metalworking" looks at three key areas
where current and future trends suggest metalworking is increasingly ready to
shake off this reputation.
"Welding
4.0: The quality circle in welding technology" explained how Welding 4.0
produces measurable benefits throughout the entire value chain; and how Xnet
Welding 4.0 system can help towards a more efficient and resource-saving
welding technology.
"New
corporate culture in smart factories" highlights
the digitalisation and networking of entire factory floors, and the new
processes in Industry 4.0 scenarios are raising even more questions surrounding
the role, in which employees play in this environment and how their supervisors
need to respond.
"Open
community driving machine tool industry forwards" talks about integrating
machines into production systems; this is one of the most important trends in
manufacturing right now – especially in terms of Industry 4.0. The aim is to
create benefit for customers from the data, which then allows them to further optimize their production.
Most
businesses have changed including suppliers, direct customers and even the
global economic system. Nobody and nothing are the same anymore. We just don't
know the depth of the changes that have occurred. Determining what will remain
in how business was done — pre-coronavirus days — and how much of
it should or could be realistically retained is an even greater challenge.
Technology companies survive and thrive by pushing against
odds and inventing things many people doubt can be done. The manufacturing
companies in South East Asia will have to reinvent and reposition themselves
once COVID-19 turns into a historical footnote. To do this successfully,
though, we’ve all got to understand how our lives, jobs and businesses have
changed as a result of a single pandemic.
E-zine: Ringier-International Metalworking News for Asia-2021.4 (industrysourcing.com)
