Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Chain Keynotes
Future of Manufacturing 5.0 - what comes after Future of Manufacturing 4.0?
Why we need to go beyond automation, internet of things, big data, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence. You can use hundreds of robots, place all your data in the Cloud and still miss many of the most important things in manufacturing.
Along comes a big shock like COVID and no amount of Industry 4.0 will save your company without such as Agility, creativity, innovation, forecasting and a big dose of common sense. Nearshowing, restoring, reducing supply chain risks and how small niche manufacturers also need to embrace digital tech to become part of much larger virtual enterprises.
See https://newmexicomep.org/advanced-manufacturing-summit/ and http://www.globalchange.com
* "How AI Will Change your life - A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World" - Patrick Dixon's latest book on AI is published in September 2024 by Profile Books. It contains 38 chapters on the impact of AI across different industries, government and our wider world, including the impact of AI on manufacturing 4.0 and manufacturing 5.0, as well as AI impact on sustainability.
Read more: Future of Manufacturing 5.0 means being hyperconnected, sustainable factories and supply chains + human beings. But more than that, Manufacturing 5.0 is all about dynamic strategy with multiple contingencies, backup, reducing risk.Futurist Keynote Speaker
Future GreenTech, Sustainability Keynote Speaker
Over 1.7 million views of my Climate Emergency Webinar and Q+A - based on my book SustainAgilityCOP26 and beyond - Expect global responses to the climate emergency on a wartime basis - far beyond scale of any normal government measures. What we have seen so far is NOTHING compared to what is to come. Expect far greater concerns over the next 30 years about sustainability and what kind of planet will remain in 100 years, with shortages of water, food and other resources and major threats to other forms of life.
(Written 4 April 2021 - based on many corporate keynotes given at major events on sustainability, energy use and decarbonisation.)
* "How AI Will Change your life - A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World" - Patrick Dixon's latest book on AI is published in September 2024 by Profile Books. It contains 38 chapters on the impact of AI across different industries, government and our wider world, including the impact of AI on the environment, green tech innovation and sustainability.
Over 1.7 million views of my Climate Emergency Webinar - based on my book SustainAgility
Read more: COP26 and beyond: Climate Emergency will trigger action on wartime scale: Sustainability / ESG will dominate politics for 300 years. Green tech will radically transform life on earth, but not in time to prevent global crises / environmental catastrophes