Smart Manufacturing (or Industry 4.0) is a term that was coined to describe the symbiosis between advancements in communications technology with various aspects of the industrial supply chain. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article If the verdicts of researchers, pundits and governmental authorities are to be believed, then smart manufacturing is a key contributing factor to the disarray that defines the current state of these sectors. Disparity and a desperate situation As with many industries, the growth of disruptive innovations such as big data, self-learning machines, and cloud computing have changed the face of production irreversibly. Unlike some, though, thisPowered by WPeMatico
