Human Activities Analysis Necessary for Industry 4.0 Success, Survey Finds
Human activities are just as important to analyze as machine function for Industry 4.0, but most manufacturers aren't doing it yet, finds a survey.
- Manufacturing is widely considered to be a mature area for automation, but most analytics don’t apply to human activities in production, found a recent survey.
- Humans still perform 72% of manufacturing tasks, according to a survey of more than 100 leading manufacturers.
- Since the time of Henry Ford a century ago, time-and-motion studies have been the standard method for measuring human activities.
- They said that 39% of engineering time is spent on investigating the root causes of defects.
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