SMART FACTORIES DEEP DIVE

INTRODUCTION   While debates continue over whether Aristotle actually said ‘The whole is greater than the sum of its parts’, the concept that a system can deliver more impact than each element of its technology acting alone is well established in the textile sector. This is an industry that thrives on collaboration between specialist producers, manufacturers and designers, and the better they work together, the stronger a supply chain becomes. The concept of smart factories is based on this assumption, and their linking of digital technologies in ...


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