To be named a Lighthouse—a facility transforming itself to enhance safety and less repetitive and more diversified and productive—a factory must attain high standards regarding impact achieved, successfully integrating multiple use cases, scalable technology platform and high marks on enablers including change management, capability building and collaboration within the Industry 4.0 community. The award indicates the impact of industry 4.0 in increasing productivity, agility, product quality and product lead time for their businesses.
“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,” said Kathrin Buvac, Nokia Enterprise president and chief strategy officer. “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 look forward to sharing this expertise with customers, helping them accelerate growth and unlock their full potential.”
“For factory employees, the automation of our Oulu manufacturing environment increases flexibility and adaptability,” said Heikki Romppainen, head of the Nokia Oulu factory. “The ‘conscious factory’ has evolved the working ecosystem—increasing motivation and the well-being of employees by automating the traditionally repetitive tasks, making work more diversified and productive.”
With the recognition, Nokia, along with other companies deemed a Lighthouse, will collaborate to share knowledge and best practices for facilities across the globe transforming themselves for the Industry 4.0 revolution.
Interested in learning more about the factory of the future? Check out What Does ‘Factory of the Future’ Really Mean? and Meet Australia’s ‘Future Factory.’