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ABB ABILITY™ FOR MANUFACTURING
Optimizing mass customization takes ability . ABB Ability™ digital solutions and services .
ABB Ability™ solutions for manufacturing enable comprehensive horizontal and vertical integration across the enterprise and to its key suppliers and partners , covering every activity from dispatching to delivery , along with providing real-time visibility into manufacturing processes allowing for iterative improvements . Digitalization is the foundational enabler and the true hallmark of the factory of the future – flexibility , it can and will quite literally run the factory of the future . Connected robots can become up to 200 % more productive and use 30 % less energy when enabled by ABB Ability™ for Industry .
ABB is a pioneering technology leader with a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years . ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization by automating industries from natural resources to finished products .
ABB Ability™ brings together for the first time all of our digital products and services , each built from our unique combination of sector knowledge , technology leadership and digital expertise , to create real business value for our customers . ABB Ability™ offerings are digitally enabled industry solutions designed to work across industries and are fine-tuned based on years of sector and customer insights .
Can ABB Ability™ boost Manufacturing productivity ? Absolutely !
Digitalization technologies continue to gain broader adoption across our industrial landscape and this is now the biggest potential value-add since the invention of the conveyor belt itself . Manufacturers are under pressure to drive down costs while differentiating their products , however there are few efficiency options left from the traditional way of doing things and modern consumers expect highly personalized merchandise , without delays in the production-line . Balancing speed and quality presents a difficult challenge for manufacturers , especially in mission-critical and highly regulated industries To manufacturing more efficient we find the balance that can mean achieving a competitive advantage from existing assets .
Today ’ s flexible and robust manufacturing can potentially deliver hundreds of different variations of products conforming to highly restrictive government regulations and customer expectations . Better integration between business-level resource planning and local process controls can yield improvements in compliance and on-time delivery .
For the process , hybrid and discrete industries , digitalization is taking center stage with automated equipment managing plant operations . Consider the ABB Ability™ System 800xA Distributed Control System ( DCS ). Multiple 800xA DCS units deployed throughout a plant can be integrated and monitored from a central location , providing secure access to all operational information from any office desktop .
For service , ABB ’ s remote monitoring services and applications give insight into the status of a system , analyze trends , trigger alarms and recommend preventive maintenance – so customers can “ do more ”. ABB understands the need to model and adapt solutions to customers ’ specific business needs achieving real competitive advantages – now and in the future .
An example of what this technology can do when it works together is the case study of ABB ’ s Heidelberg factory where ABB deployed its drives , motors , robots and intelligent manufacturing system revolutionizing production processes and increasing efficiency three-fold . Increased flexibility allows the assembly line to handle 8000 product variants . With ABB Ability™ this is a factory of today !
ABB Ability™ solutions for manufacturing enable overall process improvements , better compliance , more efficient storage and utilization of raw materials . Thus , they ensure higher Return on Investments from existing systems .
To find out more about ABB Ability™ go to : https :// new . abb . com / abb-ability
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