Smart Factory Implementation

The primary challenge was the 'black box' nature of their older production lines. Maintenance teams relied on schedule-based or reactive repairs, meaning parts were often replaced too early or, worse, after they had already failed. There was no real-time visibility into the health of critical CNC machines and robotic arms.

Furthermore, the environmental data from the factory floor—temperature, vibration, and humidity—was not being correlated with machine performance, leading to 'invisible' causes of degradation that manual inspections could not detect.