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Deloitte Smart Factory @ Wichita Gets Verizon 5G
January 9, 2023
Verizon Business' private 5G wireless network is live at The Smart Factory @
Wichita, a new immersive, Industry 4.0 experience center convened by Deloitte.
Verizon works with Deloitte and other Smart Factory ecosystem companies to
advance the execution of smart manufacturing and enables manufacturers to
quickly adopt state-of-the-art, Industry 4.0 solutions and technologies that
drive new business models to boost quality, productivity and sustainability. As
a Builder-level collaborator in The Smart Factory @ Wichita ecosystem of 20
world-leading organizations, Verizon intends to leverage this network of
companies to help customers across industries innovate their approach to
improved connectivity and use of data to improve real-time coordination between
people and assets. Verizon’s private 5G wireless network provides features that
will help drive select use cases at The Smart Factory @ Wichita, including:
Increased shop floor visibility: Use of predictive maintenance analytics on
assets can improve uptime and productivity by addressing ~50% of the root causes
of downtime.
Improved quality assurance and reduced defects: Detection of potential defects
in manufactured products or services before they reach customers, thereby
improving the customer experience and reducing waste.
Material handling automation: Orchestration and management of AGV and AMR fleets
can lead to improved reliability, consistency, safety and accuracy of moving
material across the plant.
Workplace safety: Reduces human error and manual workloads to minimize injury
and productivity loss.
“The Smart Factory @ Wichita is a microcosm of industry 4.0 itself, with a wide
range of enterprise partners, suppliers, researchers, and complementary
technologies coming together in one ecosystem to make a supercharged impact. 5G
brings massive bandwidth and incredibly fast data speeds to the equation to help
make these impacts replicable in a plethora of business applications at
virtually any scale — customers have the flexibility to dream big and start
small,” said Jennifer Artley, SVP, 5G Acceleration, Verizon Business. “5G is the
backbone of Industry 4.0, and we’re so excited to bring it to Deloitte’s The
Smart Factory @ Wichita to help catalyze scalable, collaborative innovation.”
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Smart Factory @ Wichita showcases advanced manufacturing techniques in a variety
of applications on a shop floor to help organizations navigate their most
complex manufacturing challenges. The Factory, located on the Innovation Campus
at Wichita State University, includes a fully operational production line and
experiential labs for developing and exploring smart manufacturing technology
and strategy. Visitors to the facility experience smart manufacturing concepts
that bring together the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud, artificial intelligence
(AI), computer vision, and more to create interconnected systems that use data
to drive real-time, intelligent decision making.
“As smart manufacturing begins to be executed at scale, the number of devices,
amount of data and information available to manufacturers continues to
dramatically increase,” said Jason Bergstrom, Smart Factory Go-to-Market leader
and principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP. “In bringing together Verizon’s 5G
experience with Deloitte’s tailored combination of business strategy,
technology, and deep industry experience with other Smart Factory @ Wichita
ecosystem collaborators, the organizations can help clients accelerate the speed
and adoption of operational transformations.”
This work with Deloitte at The Smart Factory @ Wichita furthers the commitment
between the two companies to co-innovate, leveraging Verizon 5G and edge
computing to build applications and solutions that drive both the retail and
manufacturing industries forward. |
