Factory of the Future: Ready, Set, Now! – Part 2

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

News, Business News, Technology

4.9 • 112 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2012

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Factory of the past vs. the future. Does Charlie Chaplin’s struggling Little Tramp in the 1936 film “Modern Times” represent today’s factory worker and the shop floor scenario? No, according to IDC’s Bob Parker. “Recent research conducted by IDC Manufacturing Insights shows that manufacturing employees care deeply about quality, and management truly appreciates their team's skills and dedication. The age of contentious labor/management relations is over in manufacturing. SAP’s Mike Lackey is optimistic, too. “What’s under the water? Manufacturing is active, growing and improving like a living entity.” The factory of the future? IDC’s Pier Manenti predicts, “Mobility will be integral to workforce engagement. The amount of network traffic on the factory floor will increase by an order of magnitude in the next five years. Persistently connected employees and assets are a fast-approaching reality. Join us for more insights on Factory of the Future: Ready, Set, Now – Part 2.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the most nutritious hour of business talk all week.
0:13.9	This is Coffee Break with Game Changers, presented by SAP.
0:17.9	The best run business is run SAP.
0:20.5	Your host and moderator is Bonnie D. Graham.
0:22.9	You'll hear from the innovators who have learned to use game-changing technologies to shake
0:26.9	up the status quo and help move today's businesses in new directions.
0:30.7	Now, here's Bonnie D. Graham.
0:33.5	Factory of the past versus Factory of the Future.
0:36.7	Does Charlie Chaplin's struggling image of the Little Tramp in the 1936 film Modern Times still represent today's factory worker and the shop floor scenario?
0:46.9	No, says emphatically IDC's Bob Parker.
0:50.6	And I quote, recent research conducted by IDC manufacturing insights shows that manufacturing employees care deeply about quality and management truly appreciates their team's skills and dedication.
1:02.7	The age of contentious labor management relationships is over in manufacturing.
1:08.1	We'll be talking to Bob Parker in a few minutes and finding out exactly what he
1:11.6	means and what IDC found out. SAP's Mike Lackey is also optimistic. He says, what's under the
1:16.9	water? Manufacturing is active, growing, and improving like a living entity, quote unquote. I can
1:24.0	just see it moving there, Mike. We'll be talking to you in a minute. And Factory of the Future, IDC's Piermenente predicts the following. Mobility, which is a huge
1:33.2	topic on coffee break with game changers. Mobility will be integral to workforce engagement.
1:38.2	The amount of network traffic on the factory floor will increase by an order of magnitude
1:42.5	in the next five years.
1:45.2	Persistently connected employees and assets are a fast approaching reality, unquote.
1:49.6	And I found these three quotes on Factory of the Future.
1:53.4	I want to add from an article in metropolis mag.com from 2002, they said old school factory workers
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