The Smart Factory is equipped with a sensor (IoT) installed in facilities and machines in the factory, allowing manufacturing equipment and logistics systems to be autonomously adjusted and operated without human intervention, so that data can be collected and analyzed in real time, every situation in the factory can be seen, analyzed and self-controlled and controlled.

In the past, an experienced worker could easily see the color of raw materials, or even hear the sound of the equipment to identify the problem and solve it. However, due to aging, skilled workers are becoming less and less, which makes it more difficult to cope with problems. In addition, a light and flexible production system is required as the life cycle of products is shortening and the production method is changing to customized mass production. In this situation, "Smart Factory" is emerging as a new way for manufacturing innovation.

Then, you may think that “a factory is smart enough now”. Currently, production sites are automated and optimized for each unit process. That is why process and process are not linked organically. It means that it is the structure in which you can not know what happened in the pre and post processes. So it is a market where the utilization rate of data collected from individual factories is very low.

However, Smart Factory can freely link data between the pre and post processes, enabling optimization from a holistic viewpoint. Comparing it to a hospital, you can see that a physician and surgeons with the best skills can diagnose patients more accurately if they share information and collaborate without treating patients separately.

Resource optimization : Planning, allocation and monitoring

Real-Time tracking : Product, process and equipment performance

Automatic trigger system : Capturing all performance faults