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The electronic capture of customer requirements has also allowed the centralization of the sample production into one regional lab , which allows scale advantages and yet faster sample delivery to customers throughout South East Asia . Clariant is now preparing the roll-out of InstaColr to other regions , which will commence over the course of 2020 and 2021 .
Where InstaColr ends , Clariant ’ s Smart Factory begins . Smart Factory is currently running as a pilot project in Singapore . Subsequently the plan is to roll it out to more than 50 sites globally . Smart Factory spans everything from the receipt of customers ’ purchase orders to the final shipment of the corresponding products to the customer . “ Our aim is to make everything along this process smart or smarter than today – thus the title Smart Factory ,” Says Sujan . “ We do this by digitising , streamlining and automating process steps . This includes automating previously manual SAP processes as well as digitising the shop floor ’ s information
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