Located on the Innovation Campus of Wichita State UniversityThe Smart Factory @ Wichita aims to advance the future of manufacturing, spur change through digital innovation
WICHITA, Kan., June 7, 2022 / PRNewswire/ –
Major takeaways
Smart Factory @ Wichita features a fully functional manufacturing production line.
The command center displays real-time information from The Smart Factory.
Smart Factory @ Wichita is located on the Innovation Campus of Wichita State University.
- The Smart Factory @ Wichita brings together a first-of-its-kind ecosystem of more than 20 well-known solutions around the world, technology innovators and futurists to help solve the most difficult manufacturing challenges.
- Featuring a fully functional manufacturing production line that incorporates innovative technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, cloud and edge applications, robotics, vision solutions etc.
- Supports STEM education: Plans to make and donate Smart Rover STEM education kits aim to reach 800,000 students over four years, with initial donations to WichitaMetro Detroit at Philadelphia in 2022.
- Fully sustainable, Smart Factory is powered by renewable resources and it is net-zero effect.
- The facility is expected draw more than 5,000 visitors to the local area over the next 12 months, including leaders from well -known companies in the world.
Deloitte today announced the grand opening of The Smart Factory @ Wichita. This new experience center is married to an ecosystem of world -leading, innovative collaborators, including founders: AWS, Dragos, Infor, SAP, Siemens, and Wichita State Universityand builders: Check Point, HPE, Tenable, ServiceNow, UiPath, Verizon, and more using strategy and innovative technology to demonstrate the power of smart factory technologies.
Why it matters
As organizations continue to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing demand for products amidst volatile supply chains, labor shortages and the world’s volatile economy, many manufacturers are hoping to old legacy systems to enable their operations. Organizations that engineer an end-to-end intelligent manufacturing operation can increase efficiency, sustainability and cyber security, build stability and create new levels of growth and competitive advantage.
Key quotes
“Manufacturers must evolve in response to unprecedented levels of supply chain and workforce disruption by re-assessing the capacity and agility of their manufacturing operations. The Smart Factory @ Wichita demonstrates how Deloitte and our robust ecosystem of collaborators bring this innovation to life and helps deliver a combination of strategy and end-to-end technology to help organizations better navigate the challenges of today and tomorrow with a tech-forward approach. ”
– Dan Helfrichchair and CEO, Deloitte Consulting LLP
“The Smart Factory @ Wichita demonstrates the power and potential of combining some of the world’s best minds and solutions into one comprehensive ecosystem to demonstrate practical manufacturing applications. Through the power of this collaborative approach, we help organizations accelerate change and make Industry 4.0 a reality. “
– Stephen Laaperprincipal and head of Smart Factory, Deloitte Consulting LLP
“As a manufacturing and technology hub, we continue to capture leading talent and business Wichitaat Wichita State University’s The partnership with Deloitte deepens opportunities for our students and community to have access to the world’s leading innovators and futurists coming to The Smart Factory @ Wichita as they discover how to change their own business operations. “
– Dr. Rick Mumapresident, Wichita State University
Experience Industry 4.0 in action
The Smart Factory @ Wichita demonstrates advanced manufacturing techniques in a variety of applications on a store floor to help organizations navigate their biggest challenges. New visitors, enticing The facility will experience smart factory concepts that combine the Internet of Things, cloud, artificial intelligence, computer vision and more to create coherent systems that use data to drive smart actions. They will also participate in real-world demonstrations, hands-on workshops and see practical life-giving applications designed to help their organizations build a road map to accelerate growth.
The Smart Factory @ Wichita also serves as a catalyst for operational changes and improved business results. For example, Deloitte has created a technology platform, the Smart Factory Accelerator, with a range of managed services that allow manufacturers to navigate the complex digital transformation landscape to efficiently achieve their performance goals in operations. The new, cloud-based, turnkey set of solutions with advanced analytics, along with Deloitte’s network of ecosystem interactions, solves for today’s most important operational challenges, such as end-to-end visibility operations in scale, provides proactive, predictive operational insight. , and helps achieve step change performance goals.
Sustainably smart
Set in a net-zero building, the 60,000-square-foot Smart Factory @ Wichita is powered by a renewable energy smart grid and equipped with wind trees, solar assets and smart lighting. Factory -made science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) kits use 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) collected from the local recycling stream as the main raw material, which gives life to the circular economy.
STEM education: The Smart Factory @ Wichita enables the next generation of innovators
In line with its commitment to philanthropy and STEM education, The Smart Factory @ Wichita combined forces of List Electronics at AWS to assist in the production and distribution of a new STEM education product: the Smart Rover kit-a STEM-forward 21st centuries of learning experience. Made on the factory’s state-of-the-art production line, the Smart Rover kit includes one of to Elenco award-winning Snap Circuits kits, the Snap Rover, with a Raspberry Pi microcomputer and camera module to educate middle school students in product design, coding and engineering. The program’s mission is to inspire the next generation of diverse innovators to fill the growing talent gap in critical STEM -focused areas. With initial donations affecting 1,000 middle school students in Metro Detroit, Philadelphia at Wichita by 2022, Deloitte aims to reach 800,000 U.S. students within four years to stimulate long-term systematic impact on STEM education.
Wichita: A center of precision manufacturing and technology
In support of a community known for its deep manufacturing roots, The Smart Factory @ Wichita is working on Wichita State Universitywhich hosts the factory on its Innovation Campus, to consolidate to Deloitte technology experience in the research, educational and innovation capabilities of the university. Wichita State University is also using the factory in its curriculum as an applied learning experience to enrich the experiences of its students and help inspire the next generation of STEM manufacturing talent.
The factory is expected to attract more than 5,000 visitors, including leaders of well -known companies around the world, to the local area next year, with future growth expected. The Smart Factory @ Wichita also interacts with many parts of the community including local vendors, suppliers and businesses.
To learn more, visit www.thesmartfactory.io.
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