JULY - AUGUST, 2020AUTOTECHOUTLOOK.COM8IN MY OPINION5G IS DRIVING THE SMARTER AUTO FACTORYBy Martin Beltrop, Senior Director Portfolio Management, Nokia EnterpriseAuto manufacturing is in a period of rapid change. As the industry pivots towards electrification, entirely new competitors are emerging, product mixes are shifting, and supply chains are being disrupted. At the same time, cloud, AI, machine learning and IoT--the Industry 4.0 disruptors--are creating new challenges and opportunities. Judging by the number of pilots being launched worldwide, the auto industry seems to recognize that one of the most important of these Industry 4.0 technologies will be private 5G networks. Of the various industries embracing 5G and digital transformation, the auto industry is arguably the most complex and the most advanced. The auto manufacturing supply chain is global and interconnected. Factory operations are already highly automated with extensive use of robotics. Just in time inventory systems started Martin Beltrop
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