Frost & Sullivan Reveals How the Lights-Out Setting is Redefining Manufacturing

SANTA CLARA,Calif.,July 26,2021 --Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis on lights-out manufacturing finds that the rapidly falling price of robots and continually increasing labor costs will accelerate manufacturers' shift toward a lights-out setting. The manufacturing process is fully automated in a lights-out environment,with minimal human intervention required to run day-to-day operations. Companies have an opportunity to optimize their human capital and potentially save up to 20% of labor costs and generate a 30% increase in productivity output by switching to a lights-out operations model. In addition,they can achieve their sustainability and zero-carbon emission goals by saving energy during production hours. Automotive,general manufacturing,electronics and electrical components,and logistics and warehousing are four major industries expected to make rapid advancements toward a fully automated lights-out environment in the short term.

Frost & Sullivan Reveals How the Lights-Out Setting is Redefining Manufacturing

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"Globally,the COVID-19 outbreak has further expedited the shift to automated lights-out manufacturing processes. This enables companies to expand their production capacity beyond traditional shift hours and take on additional work orders to ramp up productivity to pre-COVID-19 levels," said Vinay Venkatesan,Program Manager,TechVision at Frost & Sullivan. "Artificial intelligence (AI) will be the most critical tool enabling the lights-out toolkit. It will fuel several key technologies such as robotics,cybersecurity,digital twins,generative design,cloud computing,5G,and 3D printing,all of which will play a key role in achieving lights-out operations."

Venkatesan added: "Additionally,the manufacturing industry will increasingly rely upon an ecosystem of technology experts,system integrators,and service enablers to achieve agility and customization. In fact,more than 45% of manufacturing applications are expected to implement robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) by 2030."

With a long-term vision,a digital-first approach,and a highly skilled human workforce,a lights-out manufacturing process can unlock several opportunities,including:

Rise of micro-factories: The shift toward decentralized structures and automated manufacturing processes will drive the demand for microfactories that require a smaller workforce and less space,energy and materials.

Grid manufacturing: Cyber-physical systems and computational advancements driving intelligent automation will allow companies to achieve mass customization by adopting operational customization as a business strategy.

Manufacturing-to-zero-as-a-service: Enabling manufacturing optimization with a zero-based value proposition requires an integrated approach that leverages all core "zero" technologies.

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform: Ensuring a seamless transfer of information among interconnected stakeholders is important to build a collectively intelligent IIoT platform.

Transformative Mega Trends Enabling Lights-Out Manufacturingis the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan's TechVision research and analyses available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council,which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

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