Nokia's digitalization of its 5G Oulu factory recognized by the World Economic Forum as an "Advanced 4th Industrial Revolutio...
July 03 2019 - 4:08AM
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- The Oulu factory, powered by Nokia's own technology, generated
productivity gains of 30 percent and 50 percent savings in time of
product delivery to market
- By demonstrating industrial IoT productivity gains for
enterprises, Nokia paves the way for other enterprises to digitally
transform for the Industry 4.0 era, adopting critical technologies
at scale
3 July 2019
Espoo, Finland - Nokia's 5G "factory of the future" in Oulu,
Finland was selected by McKinsey and the World Economic Forum as an
Advanced 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Lighthouse, reflecting
leadership and proven success in adopting and implementing 4IR
technologies at scale. Leveraging Nokia technologies to digitalize
its own pre-production facility demonstrates Nokia's ability to
digitally transform and modernize its customers' manufacturing
facilities for Industry 4.0.
Designed to showcase Industry 4.0 concepts for the manufacturing
of Nokia 4G and 5G base stations, the "factory of the future" in
Oulu leverages Nokia's private (4.9G/LTE) wireless networks for
secure and reliable connectivity for all assets within and outside
the factory, IoT analytics running on Edge cloud, and a real-time
digital twin of operations data. The factory, which produces 1,000
4G and 5G base stations per day, generated significant annual
improvements, including more than 30 percent productivity gains, 50
percent savings in time of product delivery to market, and an
annual cost savings of millions of euros.
The Lighthouse program, conducted in collaboration with
McKinsey, includes select Lighthouse factories that are
transforming work to make it safer, less repetitive, diversified
and productive. Nokia was selected as a Lighthouse by an expert
panel based on its implementation of 4IR technologies that drove
financial and operational impact in the Oulu factory. As part of
the Global Lighthouse Network, Nokia will collaborate with other
world leaders to share knowledge and best practices to help
enterprises and manufacturers adopt the technologies of the future,
and overcome key challenges enterprises face during their digital
transformation journeys.
Kathrin Buvac, President of Nokia Enterprise and Chief
Strategy Officer, said:"We are paving the way for enterprise
customers to realize the vision of Industry 4.0 and industrial
automation by applying our technology to our manufacturing needs.
For our Oulu 5G facility, we created a 'factory of the future'
environment leveraging private wireless networks for reliable and
secure in-factory connectivity, edge cloud and IoT analytics. We
are very pleased that our technology has delivered productivity
gains of over 30 percent for our factory and we look forward to
share this expertise with customers, helping them accelerate growth
and unlock their full potential."
Most manufacturers seek to increase flexibility while automating
and reconfiguring factories. Nokia's expertise adjusting to
high-demand environments ensures that the company is well equipped
to lead enterprises into the Industry 4.0 era. The award-winning
factory of the future illustrates how customer facilities can reap
the benefits of increased productivity, agility, product quality,
and product lead time for their businesses, as achieved in
Oulu.
Demonstrated use cases in Oulu pre-production factory
include:
- Virtualization of new product introduction (NPI)
- Flexible robotics to ensure high-productivity and agility for
continuous new ramp-ups
- 4.9G/LTE Private wireless network to speed up NPI line
re-layout
- Cloud-based digital data control, enabling real-time process
management
- No-touch internal logistics automation via connected mobile
robots
Heikki Romppainen, Head of Oulu Factory, Nokia, said:
"For factory employees, the automation of our Oulu manufacturing
environment increases flexibility and adaptability. The 'conscious
factory' has evolved the working ecosystem - increasing motivation
and the wellbeing of employees by automating the traditionally
repetitive tasks, making work more diversified and
productive."
Resources:
- Images - use cases: Industry 4.0 use cases at Nokia Oulu
factory
- WEF White paper: Fourth Industrial Revolution: Beacons of
Technology and Innovation in Manufacturing
- Strategic White paper: Networking solutions for the new age of
industry
- Webpage: Edge cloud
- Video: Nokia and Telia leverage 5.0 performance for Industry
4.0
- Images: Nokia for Industries media library
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