U.S., Sept. 14 -- According to a report by Oliver Wyman, the international management consulting firm, the adoption of Factory of the Future (FoF) technologies by companies is gaining momentum across the manufacturing sector, following the results of a new survey by the firm and L'Usine Nouvelle.
With firms having completed the first round of proof-of-concept (POF) phase, they have begun to embrace the full-scale implementation of key disruptive innovations, such as: cobots, additive manufacturing, machine-to-machine communication, big data, and analytics.
Having conducted several test-and-learn initiatives on these disruptive technologies, firms have a growing understanding on key Industry 4.0 technologies and are now keen to begin imple...