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Digital Transformation in Manufacturing – The Four Stages of Industry 4.0 Adoption

Astrikos Team Manufacturing
Digital Transformation in Manufacturing – The Four Stages of Industry 4.0 Adoption

Last month, I walked through a factory that had been operating since the 1970s. The contrast was striking—ancient hydraulic presses stood next to collaborative robots, legacy control systems operated alongside AI-powered quality inspection cameras. The plant manager pointed to a machine where operators were scanning QR codes to pull up digital work instructions on tablets....

Automation vs Augmentation – How AI is Transforming Manufacturing Workforces

Astrikos Team Manufacturing
Automation vs Augmentation – How AI is Transforming Manufacturing Workforces

Last week, I visited a bearing manufacturing plant outside Pune where two striking scenes unfolded side by side. In one section, robotic arms performed precision welding with superhuman consistency, no humans in sight. In the adjacent bay, technicians wearing AR headsets worked alongside collaborative robots, their movements synchronized in a choreographed dance of production. Same...