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MHP, KUKA and Munich Re are bundling their synergies and jointly developing the innovative ‘SmartFactory as a Service’ concept. The combining of core competencies in software integration, automation technology, systems engineering as well as risk and financial management is creating visionary production solutions for the requirements of the future.

Mastering the challenges of the future

Manufacturing companies have to react ever more quickly to changing customer requirements. Flexible production sequences – with, for example, the possibility of modifying product types or quantities at will – are becoming increasingly important. At the same time, quality and profitability must not suffer. SmartFactory as a Service enables companies to master the challenges of the future through completely digitalized production sequences. 

Intelligent factory: from the idea through to the finished solution

SmartFactory as a Service is the product of intelligent cooperation between MHP, KUKA and Munich Re to combine their core competencies in software integration, automation technology, systems engineering and risk and financial management. Together with further partners from the automotive industry, new production solutions are being developed and tested for dynamically changing customer requirements. 

With this combined know-how, the initiative is not only able to support its customers from the initial idea right through to the finished solution; the company is also able to advise customers on the various smart networking opportunities for everyday production brought about by Industrie 4.0 and how to minimize risks at the same time. The intelligent factory allows customers to use scalable, fully automatic and adaptable production capacities as a service at variable cost. It also shortens traditional market launch times and offers maximum reliability and quality through integrated risk management.

Seminars, expert presentations and events

The ‘SmartFactory as a Service’ in the ‘Werksviertel’ of Munich stands for innovation and exclusivity and provides an invitation to important seminars, special company events and exceptional expert presentations. The innovative structure makes it possible to acquire a deep understanding of the meaning of intelligent production in the age of digitalization. Besides the use of the location, an option is provided to use the daily accrued data sets of the demonstrator.

Overview of ‘SmartFactory as a Service’

Already today, ‘SmartFactory as a Service’ demonstrates that the flexible production systems of the future know no limits. A broad spectrum of services, machines, robots and software platforms can be linked to one another without making system operation too complex. In fact, an intuitive interface makes ‘SmartFactory as a Service’ easy to use for every customer. ‘SmartFactory as a Service’ is capable of manufacturing, packaging and delivering a highly customized product in an extremely short cycle time. The product is a puzzle, manufactured in a batch size of 1, that the customers can take home with them.

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