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Dark Factories
FANUC’s factory in Japan has been running with the lights off since 2001.Robots build robots there, and the line can run unattended for up to 30 days. It’s called a dark factory. And it’s no longer science fiction. So why do so many plants still need dozens of people on every shift? Usually it’s not…
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Your Plant Has a Memory Problem
It’s 2:40 a.m. and Line 2 stops.The cause: a gearbox bearing that ran dry. The fix: four hours, most of it spent waiting on a part nobody knew was out of stock.Next morning, one question: when was that gearbox last serviced?Nobody knows. Maybe it’s in the binder. Maybe it was on the whiteboard that got…