Human Activities Analysis Necessary for Industry 4.0 Success, Survey Finds
12 Nov 2018 9:30 AM GMT
Human activities are just as important to analyze as machine function for Industry 4.0, but most manufacturers aren't doing it yet, finds a survey.
- Manufacturing is widely considered to be a mature area for automation, but most analytics don’t apply to human activities in production, found a recent survey.
- Humans still perform 72% of manufacturing tasks, according to a survey of more than 100 leading manufacturers.
- Since the time of Henry Ford a century ago, time-and-motion studies have been the standard method for measuring human activities.
- They said that 39% of engineering time is spent on investigating the root causes of defects.
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