produce mass, but at the same time so Custom , according to the needs of each client. That is the challenge that has been raised industry 4.0. The term was coined in Germany to describe the factories of the future.
This is complexes whose teams are interconnected through Internet , with automated processes, management systems ‘Big Data’ and laboratories for research and development software .
The latter will be key for the entire operation. “The machines will be nothing without that intangible part-the software- that is the language through which orders will,” says Leslie Jarrin, senior specialist consultancy in the software development ThoughtWorks in Ecuador.
The software will, for example, reduce the time of shutdown of an industry as necessary to reschedule their tasks.
Currently, what is done is to give a General Order to build a mobile , for example, and the machines are responsible for making the same activity all the time.
But if the phone you will want to place other housing , you need to stop everything and reconfigure the machine. This, in the age of industry 4.0, is not necessary. The replacement orders could last seconds. This opens the opportunity to bid differentiated goods , without affecting the amount, flow or quantity of production.
The first steps in the application of this model have already been given. The beverage company Coca-Cola produces the same product, but with distinct labels as the client name.
Similarly with other electronics company dedicated to the production of iPhone in Taiwan. Foxconn produces 1 million phones per day, but is flexible to requirements of the firm at the apple, which makes frequent changes in the electronic components of the iPhone line.
Siemens , however, this year announced the hiring of
8000 engineering specialized software, which are devoted exclusively to create the industry of the future.
Antonio Sanchez, president of the Ecuadorian Association of Software, this scenario is changing the profile of the program developer. Now you can not only see as a technician operating the latest tools.
You need to understand as a decision making , you know marketing , process industrial flows and has the ability to adapt to changes in each sector.
But it also has the creativity , initiative and ability to provide solutions for companies to manage data (Big Data ), which will be ever more plentiful, and will be collected through connected to the Internet devices.
A company drink , for example, network monitoring vendors who take to the streets across mobile devices, namely the time spent in a store and exactly where they are in a certain time of day.
With the software you can create system to automatically organize all that information and allow industries to take making based on the results.
This will involve, as Francois Leens , channel manager and specialist in Internet of things Cisco, a development of security structures to care information and warning systems.
In an industry he adds the networking of the equipment through the Internet gives the possibility of early warning systems. If damaged Machine , the notification may reach the cell phone technician, or your Motorola radio for it to work immediately in a factory.
To Jarrin software open source will be critical in achieving the industry 4.0.
Not only allowed, as is currently reduce costs production companies. Also free access to knowledge shared by developers the world.
Then each professional programming you may reproduce, modify or improve, to adapt according to the needs of each industry.
” In general, companies in the country and people with these know , which could be supplemented to provide integrated solutions, “said Mauricio Berries, Ecuadorian technology services firm Bayteq . But it will require more investment in research and development.
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