Factory of the future

This White Paper evaluates how manufacturers, workers and customers will have to come to terms with an increasingly complex world of processes, machines and components. This will require new operating concepts for optimized human-machine cooperation. Increased efficiency, reduced time-to-market and greater flexibility will improve a factory's ability to compete. Manufacturers not only need to enable shorter time to market but also have to increase efficiency by reducing their operating costs, minimize the utilization of natural resources and improve the safety of their products and that of their workers.