Even though some people talk about that, in the future the production would be unique for every order. However, talking about something and achieving that is totally different. I also believe in personalized manufacturing would be the future, but I have a roadmap to achieve that goal. It all starts with local manufacturing systems. I had previously written about it. In summary, it is to produce where the demand is. Establish small manufacturing facilities to supply for the local demand. The value adding chain does not need to be 100% local. Localization is the objective there.
Establishing local manufacturing facilities require rapid development and deployment of production lines. This knowhow will be the starting point for the production lines that produce every order separately.
Current Industry 4.0 and similar industrial trends cannot achieve this objective. In order to develop such advanced production lines, key problems need to be solved. We cannot purely rely on AI to design such sophisticated systems. We cannot also rely on the availability of highly skilled engineers to do the job. For me the solution is to design a new generation of modules and components that would simplify the design process. If we cannot find the people to solve the complex problem, then we can simplify the problem so that an average person can easily solve it.
While the production line technology is evolving; the design, management and servicing part of the system can be perfected. Personalized manufacturing would allow the designers to sell their designs worldwide without committing to a company. This mentality can be extended to drug manufacturers as well. An approved chemical can be manufactured worldwide without needing for a brand name and costly marketing campaigns.
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