{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"3. The Digital Factory ","description":" Guest: Professor Bj\u00f6rn Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology \u201cThe digital factory is our laboratory\u2026 [whose] data comes from the real world\u201d. In this episode, Professor Bj\u00f6rn Johansson talks about virtual production and digital twins, and shares with us how digital tools (for instance, 3D imaging, discrete event simulation) can help improve the sustainability performance of factories. Bj\u00f6rn\u2019s research group aims at improving productivity and the circular-economy performance in not only automotive and aerospace, but also in the maritime, textile and electronics industry. Bj\u00f6rn also discussed utilization strategies in research (publishing or patenting?), and the open collaboration pattern between research and academia in Sweden. Bj\u00f6rn also remarked how awareness of the production system\u2019s performance and behaviour leads to smarter decisions for sustainability. Answering the tricky question about the huge number of jobs\u2019 displacement because of AI, Bj\u00f6rn shares his positive outlook about the future, when industrial performance are optimized, people have new types of jobs and more time for leisure. Read more about: Bj\u00f6rn Johansson, Professor of Sustainable Production at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science at Chalmers. Ecoprodigi, a flagship project to foster eco-efficiency in the Baltic Sea region maritime sector through digital solutions in vessel\u2019s design and ship operations. BOOST 4.0, an EU project that aims at developing and testing models for data-driven Factory 4.0 through ten lighthouse factories. Opportunities of Sustainable Manufacturing in Industry 4.0 by T. Stock and G. Seliger, Procedia CIRP, Volume 40, 2016. ","author_name":"DigiTalk Pod","author_url":"http:\/\/digitalkpod.libsyn.com\/website","html":"