Introducing Industry 4.0: Adient-Infosys Case Study

Industry 4.0 is a combined, integrated, and seamlessly connected network of machines, production processes, and manufacturing systems. It is a digital manufacturing enterprise with the physical product at the core, driven by information from an integrated information network among the internal stakeholders, as well as external entities, such as customers, suppliers, etc. The digitization of physical assets and manufacturing activities, along with a network of digital communications, will fundamentally change the manufacturing industry landscape. End-to-end digitization will improve process efficiency, quality management, and productivity, along with real-time insights into the whole manufacturing landscape, building a digital business model that supports data-driven decision-making and integrated platform-based services.

Although many enterprises know the benefits and potential of Industry 4.0, the challenge is how to begin. The start is all the more difficult for a large global organization. Well begun is half done, but before an enterprise can begin, typical questions that stakeholders and decision makers grapple with are: Where to start? How to plan? How to influence different stakeholders? How to select partners? How to select and industrialize proofs of concept (PoCs)?

We came across the Industry 4.0 journey of Adient, which we share in this PoV.