One of the primary elements in the transformation of the manufacturing plants is the

changing nature of demand from the customers. There is sturdy economic impetus toward
products that are high on precision, safe to use and safely produced, built to purpose,
manufactured with less material consumption throughout the value chain, and environment
friendly. While presently manufacturing is focused on productivity and performance, the
future will be all about precision products. Manufacturers are supposed to accomplish this
without compromising on the speed or quality. This leads to some intriguing questions
pertaining to plant design. How will the plant of the future be created and managed? How
will data be used for production? How will plants be structured over the next decade?

According to a survey conducted by PwC, just 33% of manufacturing companies consider

themselves to be digitally advanced in their production processes. By 2020, 72% of
manufacturers intend to augment their digitalization levels and expect to be able to be
ranked as digitally advanced