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THE INVESTOR
March 29, 2024

Samsung

Samsung SDS kicks it up a notch in factory automation

  • PUBLISHED :August 28, 2018 - 15:08
  • UPDATED :August 28, 2018 - 15:08
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[THE INVESTOR] Factory automation plays an important role in a wide range of industries, including IT, retail, and automotive, as it can help save a huge amount of costs.

With the advancement of technologies, such as artificial intelligence and deep learning, the way companies manage factories has become smarter to the point where computers can analyze data and narrow down on problems without human intervention.




IT solutions developer Samsung SDS is betting big on the factory automation sector, utilizing its years of know-how and expertise in building and operating factory management solutions for its customers -- Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Samsung Display, in particular.

“Global companies, including those in the manufacturing segment, are facing unprecedented competition and striving to collect and analyze a massive amount of data from their facilities in a swift and accurate manner to make their business processes more efficient and productive,” said Samsung SDS CEO Hong Won-pyo at a media conference in Seoul on Ag. 28, introducing the company’s factory automation platform Nexplant.

He explained that the platform is a more advanced version of what is often called smart factory solutions, as it embraces cutting-edge IT technologies, including internet of things, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to enable factories to work on their own without human involvement.

SDS’s factory automation platform collects and analyzes hundreds of gigabytes of data from thousands of facilities a day, monitors irregular activities and predicts possible problems that could occur while machines are in operation. Using big data and AI, the platform also optimizes the production process, and helps forecast possible defects of manufactured products, saving human workers from conducting a time-consuming large-scale product inspection.

“Transporting components and products from one line to another is also as important as everything else,” said Doh Seung-yong, an executive from the firm’s smart factory unit, explaining the integration of IoT sensors and AI solutions with unmanned vehicles and an overhead rail transport system.

SDS’s intelligent factory platform is being utilized by approximately 300 customers, including Samsung Group affiliates Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electro-Mechanics, car components firm Hyundai Mobis and steel company POSCO.

In 2016, Samsung SDS won a CIO100 Award, given to 100 innovative global companies annually by research firm IDH, for its factory management solutions, which helped Samsung Electronics save 200 billion won (US$180 million) of costs at global production lines.

By Kim Young-won (wone0102@heraldcorp.com)

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