What is Data-Centric Manufacturing?

Data-centric manufacturing is any manufacturing where data is used or produced in order to gain data-driven insights.

We prefer the term data-centric manufacturing as opposed to AI/data science, or similar terms, to be more inclusive of the role all those in manufacturing play in ensuring that data-driven insights are relevant and actionable. Data-centric manufacturing involves everyone and creating the right team is key to it's success.

Data has many, and varied, uses in manufacturing, including: 

• understanding and improving the manufacturing process, 

• to identify and reduce defective products,  

• reducing energy and waste,

• identifying and reducing downtime,

• data-driven design and development,

• logistics planning and management,

• health and safety,

• model-based manufacturing,

• knowledge management.