DigitalManufacturing

WilliamP.King
DigitalManufacturingandDesignInnovationInstitute@UILABS
DepartmentofMechanicalScienceandEngineering@UniversityofIllinoisUrbana
Champaign
The DMDII Consortium: A partnership of leading
manufacturing companies, universities, and government

A partnership of world-class Top universities including: Proven talent from numerous

companies including: state, educational, and vocational
institutions:

Hundreds of Small and Medium

Sized Manufacturing
Enterprises (SMEs) seeking to
improve competitiveness:
DMDII Vision for Digital Manufacturing

FABRICATE

FABRICATE

FABRICATE
DATAACROSSPRODUCTLIFECYCLE

AFTER-
FABRICATE QUALIFY SALES
SERVICE END OF
SELL & LIFE
DESIGN ASSEMBLE
DELIVER REUSE
RECYCLE

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VALUE
Manufacturing: Historical Perspective

Linear process through design, make, and deliver

Commoditization of labor
Manufacturing: The Landscape Today

Materials: Rising costs and supply

constraints

Production Overcapacity: reduced

profitability

Labor: Increasing costs globally, skills

gap

Outsourcing: separation of designers

and makers has slowed innovation

Barriers for Sharing Data and

Information: technology, skills,
incentives, security, trust, IP, standards
Manufacturing: The Future

Digital link between design and

fabrication

Connected machines, factories,

and supply chains

Transparency into supplier

factories

Data aggregation, analysis, and

action across the product lifecycle

Leverage the power of data

analytics and networks to do
more with existing resources
Manufacturing already generates more data than any
other sector
Despite the recognition of importance for digital
manufacturing, most organizations feel they lack the
necessary capabilities
DMDII Technology Roadmap Guiding Principles

Startwiththebusinessneed:Entirestrategyisfocusedonhowtheapplicationof
advancedmanufacturingtechnologiescansolvespecificbusinessproblems
(i.e., marketpullversustechnologypush)
Buildandcultivateadiverse,distinctive,industryledteam:Assembled
collaborative&committedteamofadvancedmanufacturingfirmsacrosssectors,
large&small,publicandprivate
Cocreatethevalueproposition&strategy:Enlisttheindustrypartnerstodefine
thestrategy,operatingmodel,projectapproachtobuildbuyinalongtheway
Buildanalignedindustryroadmap:identifyingacommonsetofproblemsacross
partnership,andaligningonanindustrytechnologyandprojectroadmap
Biastoactionandcreatingdemand:placeapremiumonspeedandefficiencyin
launchandoperation,gettingtotangibleimpactsoonthroughdemonstration
projects,whichshowwhatispossibleandcreatedemandforbroaderadoption
Selfsufficiencythroughimpact:doingtheabovewillyieldahighvalueinstitute,
thatwillcreatevalue notjustfrommembershipfees,butfromvalueitcreates
Broad alignment exists for the top problems for DMDII
to solve
Digital manufacturing is driven by clear sources of
value and new opportunities driven by growth
Digital is starting a paradigm shift: from
operations as a cost & execution vehicle to also
an engine for innovation & growth
Organizations realize that technology creates no valueon
its own
Strategyand Clear strategy, plan to drive
Innovation competitive advantage

Cascade strategy into a well-

Execution resourced plan, with aligned
metrics & accountability

Talentand Skills and structure to develop

Capability
Organization solution and extract value
Dimensions

Devices, apps and platforms

Technology
to deliver Digital initiatives

Information assets and

Data
associated management
DMDII Strategic Investment Plan December 2014
AdvancedManufacturing 1. Design for illity tradeoffs including design for
Enterprise manufacturability
Information systems integration
throughout the product lifecycle.
2. Real-time optimization of the digital factory
3. End to end supply network integration
Digital links between design and
fabrication.
4. Full system integration of the digital fabric
5. Completing the model based definition
Smart factory and supply chain
management.
6. Gap in SME engagement in digital manufacturing

IntelligentMachines
Integration of smart sensors and 1. Plug-and-play networking for intelligent machines
controls to enable equipment to 2. Operating system for cyberphysical manufacturing
automatically sense and
understand current production 3. Cyber security for intelligent machines
environment in order to conduct 4. Intelligent machine toolkit
self-aware manufacturing.

AdvancedAnalysis 1. Agile manufacturing to compensate for production

Computing to model materials,
products and processes to
enable design with
manufacturing in mind.
variability
2. Model-based source-agnostic product design
3. Factory floor wearable computing and augmented
reality
Digital Manufacturing: Key Takeaways

Manufacturing is on the brink of a digital disruption, which will

transform the sector over the next 10 years.

Manufacturing will become more productive, more agile, and will be a

source of new business growth.

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