Volkswagen is set to take a significant step forward by accelerating one of the world's biggest smart-factory projects
, or 1 in 10 of its staff, as it pivots towards electric vehicles too.
VW’s industrial cloud project, which it’s developing in partnership with Amazon Web Services , will solve such issues by creating a digital production platform with common interfaces for all kinds of equipment. Over time, all of VW’s plants will be brought onto the platform and production teams will be able to tap into an app store to share applications that can be implemented in all of its factories.
The biggest challenge, says Jean-Pierre Petit, Capgemini’s director of digital manufacturing, in an emailed comment to, is to “cross the chasm” from an initial pilot in a single plant to full-scale deployments, which is where the real benefits of digitization kick in. In particular, smart-factory projects require IT teams to work closely with “operational technology” groups managing machinery and other tech inside factories.
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