Are mobile technologies shaping the world and industry or is it us to ensure this change by using the mobile? Increased internet speed and therefore data exchange with the transition to mobile wide band connection have become important, and with the increased data exchange, cloud-based software and tools have become important in the industry. In the following years, with the internet and 5G technology that is frequently mentioned recently, all processes and methods in the industry will change.
While increased data exchange allows transferring the data in industrial facilities more rapidly, it also provides us with the opportunity of the onlinereal time data tracking systems. While storing the relevant data in cloud systems provides us with the opportunity of online access from any point, integration of analysis and reporting tools with prescient systems has started to bring a serious efficiency in the systems.
We are starting to create smart factories with Industry 4.0 and IoT. Smart factories are created with the integration of the smart products and smart systems. To this end, we need to combine information with technology and expertise. It is anticipated hat the network within the ecosystem to be built by the data, services, things and people as a result of combination of the smart production systems with networks of trade will affect approximately 46% of the global trade volume within the next quarter century. At this very point, ABB takes the concept of IoT much further and implements it as IoTSP (Internet of Things, Services and People).
ABB keeps on adding value to cement and mining industry, with its digital solutions applied so far. While integration of the factory production divisions with the management and sales activities is ensured, we increase efficiency in the facilities by making production planning possible.
Smart factories become efficient with the flexible production and real time data. Transferring the orders to the process level through integrated systems, remote online and traceable period from the order to delivery reduce the mistakes attributable to both the plant and customer. As a result of downtime management and cause/effect analysis, downtimes can be analyzed, reasons attributable to our smart phones/tablets can be tracked and solved far more rapidly, and these prevent the production losses to arise in the future. As in the other industries, we are sure that all digital applications specific to cement/mining industry are combined under the title of ABB AbilityTM and that we can contribute to your digitalization processes with tested and operating live examples, and we are willing to take this digital path with you.
In addition to the above examples, we can summarize as communication of a need received from the cement consumer with the systems in the plant, its being viewed on the relevant divisions’ screens and affecting production planning and production, product standardization through automatic analyses after raw material management and some Industry 4.0 applications that we have already made with ABB AbilityTM platform. Nevertheless, we need to note that electrical equipments produced by ABB have digital applications under ABB AbilityTM platform.
ABB raises awareness by revealing the actions it took for Industry 4.0 with the cloud collaboration with Microsoft Azure and artificial intelligence and machine-learning system collaborations with IBM Watson.
Having Industry 4.0 in our life will bring the need for staff members qualified in the fields such as data
analysis, software, cyber security, robotic applications and digital work processes in particular. For raising this human resource, a significant effort must be undertaken by our valuable industrial enterprises. Staff members and directors who can embrace this change, can manage this process as a part of it and who have strong abilities will be essential elements of this transformation.
The point requiring the utmost attention in the access and integration brought by Industry 4.0 must be cyber security. While starting to make our systems digital and online, we need to not neglect our cyber security measures. Internet technology has started to be integrated in any field of industry. Collaboration between Internet of things and cloud technology has become the foundation of production, and the increased communication between systems and data has developed. Given these, the possibility of remote access to data exchange systems has started to create the most important threat for the industrial facilities as well. In fact, all digitalization activities planned to increase the companies’ production power and to ensure sustainability in production may be destroyed due to cyber security vulnerabilities. Also at this point, ABB has commissioned the required cyber security software and applications.
Within the digitalization process, ABB will continue to be the solution partner as a company that has taken and implemented all steps: Let’s write the future.
