Automation is adapting and learning to use new tools, much like we and a handful of other creatures have, to get better faster than evolution would normally allow. Machines don’t have to chug along doing the same thing until decommissioning. Soon they’ll be changing with the demands of the industry they serve.

For the shop floor, this advantage is built on digitalization – making variability the new status quo and ensuring it remains reliable through comprehensive validation in the digital world. To talk about this evolution and the niches businesses will be able to occupy, we brought Alastair Orchard on the show.

In this episode you’ll learn about:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:13) Automation is adapting, not evolving  

(05:53) Digital twins are not mirrors

(08:03) Perfecting the last twenty percent

(13:05) Applying an in-depth understanding

About the voices:

Alastair Orchard runs Digital Enterprise Thought Leadership for Siemens Digital Industries, working with customers to become more flexible, cost effective, transparent and collaborative organizations. All while bringing their world-class products to market faster than their competitors. He is also the co-founder and CTO of dimax cloud – a distributed manufacturing platform cutting costs, carbon and complexity from supply chains.

Nick Finberg is a technical marketing writer and coordinator for Software-Defined Everything, with a background in Nuclear Engineering. He has worked with experts to cover many industries and topics including Automotive, Battery, sustainability, and systems engineering.