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Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory : Smart Strategy for Indian
Enterprises
( modified version of ) talk delivered on Nov 16, 2017 by
Dr. P. Balasubramanian, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO, Theme Work Analytics, Bangalore
at MSRIT, Bangalore, 560054 India
balasubp@gmail.com
AICTE sponsored National Conference on
Making of a Digital India-Renewed
Challenges, Opportunities and Effective
Deliverables
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
•  Historic Prelude: Industry 4.0
•  What are Digital Supply chains
•  What are smart factories
•  What are the underlying technologies
•  What is the business imperative for rushing towards DSC and SF
•  How relevant are DSC and SF for India
•  Which components do we pick
•  How do we prioritize
•  Is there a India road Map for Digitization
•  The Smartness of Factory, Product, Service and Logistics
•  Summary Assessment
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Industry 4.0
The era of Cyber Physical Systems has already begun.
Reference 1
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Digital Supply Chain covers all goods and services
Originally referred
to goods such as
books, music ,films
etc. that could be
delivered
electronically.
But no longer
Connectivity
is the key
Reference 2
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Digital Supply Chain encompasses all functions
Reference 3
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
The Smart Factory is a comprehensive and connected
entity of machines, materials, stake holders and products.
Connectivity
and real time
information
sharing is the
key
Automation
permeates all
functions
Reference 4
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
•  IoT, IIoT
•  Automation, Robotics, Machine Vision, Speech Recognition
•  Identity Mgt, Network Security, Distributed Networks etal
•  AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Analytics
•  Additive Printing
•  GPS, Autonomous Vehicles
•  Wearable Technologies
•  Blockchain ( Nextgen SC)
Technologies under the hood
Interlocking technologies are accelerating the pace
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Internet of Things ( IoT )
Most devices are turning to be smart; capable of
sensing ,sharing and processing information
Reference 5
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Location and Status Aware technologies with sensors,
transmitters, actuators facilitate M2M interaction
Reference 6
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Maruthi
Factory in
India
Riding on sensors and computers, robotics and
automation are sweeping across the shop floors
Productivity
Quality
Safety
Cost Effectiveness
Reference 7
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Aakash Sinha , CEO of
Omnipresent Robot
Tech, a Delhi-based
robotics startup for
industrial inspection and
defense demonstrating a
drone
Drones and other Robots are making headway into
industry and society with numerous applications
Reference 8
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
111 crore people in India have an Aadhar number. It is
getting embedded into numerous government services.
Issues of
Network
Security and
Privacy
concerns have
arisen with the
rapid spread of
Aadhar
applications
Reference 9
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
World of Big Data
Can machines
be taught to
see, observe,
infer and learn
like human
beings?
Every object has features and attributes. The challenge is
to identify and classify each object quickly with minimal
human intervention
Reference 10
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Difference between Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Reference 11
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Vast data implies higher learning in Deep Learning
techniques
Reference 12
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Exponential growth in learning techniques have happened
over four decades; from Expert Systems to Artificial
Intelligence to Machine Learning and now to Deep
Learning
Reference 13
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Can deliver low cost prototypes, complex objects and even
body parts in near future.
Also
known as
3D
Printing
Significant
reduction in
material
wastage
Reference 14
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Autonomous Vehicles
Disruptive Technology worldwide. Promise of high
safety and threat of elimination of millions of jobs
Reference 15
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Wearable Technology
Embedded
sensors pick
up and
transmit
information
from persons
or objects
Patients, Children, Defense Personnel and others have
become accustomed to wearing these devices in the last
decade.
Reference 16
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Every major Technology firm is investing in this
Technology since it could impact on every industry in a
few years
Reference 17
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Financial services and Supply Chain Management would
undergo paradigm shift
Reference 18
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Many start ups have invested in development of
templates for appropriate use cases 
Reference 19
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Information asymmetry will disappear thus leading to
the demise of intermediary services.
Reference 20
Identity
Mgt
Robotics
Network
Security
Sensors
Nano Tech
Machine
Vision
Deep
Learning
Speech
Recog Analytics
NLP
Wearable
Tech
IoT, IIoT
Additive
Printing
Autonom.
Vehicles
Blockchain
Tech
Cloud
Computing
Significant Technologies
GPS
Mobility
Core and Common Technology
developments are fueling many
applications
Mobility
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
These technologies when combined, will result in
dramatic cost reduction and service quality enhancement
Business Imperative
Reference 21
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Digital Supply Chains within the smart factory will pan
out on all functional areas
Reference 22
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Factory
Product
Distribution
Services
Smart Strategy
for India
Smart Services
Smart Factory
Smart Logistics
Smart Products
Indian firms have to formulate a firm specific strategy to
invest in new technologies
Higher level of focus in
Services and Logistics
recommended
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Smart Services
Digital Records
Digital Transactions
Digital Delivery
eGovernance
Health, Education
Infrastructure
CRM
Condition Monitoring
eWallets
Smart
Strategy
for India
Service Opportunity
Identification for
Certification
Digital India initiatives of GOI can be coordinated to
provide Smart Services across the entire spectrum
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Smart Logistics
Smart Strategy
for India
Location Aware Tech
Status Aware Tech
Selective Autonom.Vehicles
Consignment consolidation
Spot Assembly, Manufacturing
Mixed Mode Delivery
Eliminate non value adding roles
Safety of Vehicles, Goods and People
Route Planning
Ample opportunity exists to cut distribution costs and
waste substantially
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Smart
Products
Smart Strategy
for India
RM2FGDataLog
FieldPerfMonitoring
FieldStatusRecord
Proactive Push of
Maintenance, Usage
Information
Product Standardization
Product Componentization
Investments in Smart Product strategies have the highest
potential to yield higher returns in export markets. This is
to be aligned with the Make In India campaign
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Smart Factory
Smart Strategy
for India
Cobotization
IIoT + Human safety
Additive Printing for Prototypes,moulds
Smart Work Stations
Worker Skill Development
Work Scheduling
Equipment Condition Monitoring
Integrates ProdnPlng and Machine Maint
Material Accounting
Warehousing, Stores
Inventory Management
M2S to M2O
Indian firms have to evolve a country specific
implementation model of available Smart Factory
applications
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
Summary Assessment
v  Digital SCM and SF applications are projected to grow
exponentially in the coming decade
v  Indian economy can be transformed to be a high skilled job
growth market by appropriate adoption of emerging technologies
v  Many of them present a significant opportunity to energize the
export markets of India as well
v  India needs to integrate the Make In India, Digital India and Smart
Cities initiatives into a cohesive set to maximize their beneficial
impact
Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
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1.  The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (German: Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz, DFKI), 2011
2.  Sandip Besra, Presentation Media Relations Cell | Student at National Institute of Industrial Engineering
3.  Digital Supply Chains: Increasingly Critical for Competitive EdgeEuropean A.T. Kearney/WHU Logistics Study 2015
4.  Industry 4.0 image from Pinterest
5.  https://backwardstimemachine.wordpress.com/tag/the-internet-of-things/
6.  Dmitri Shiryaev, Managing partner at Sputnik Technology Capital, RFID and IoT, Slideshare
7.  “ Maruthi to increase dependence on Robots” Amrit Raj, Livemint epaper, Tue, Sep 04 2012. 11 30 PM IST
8.  https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/business+world-epaper-bizworld/
delhi+based+robotics+startup+omnipresent+robot+tech+plans+to+open+15+20+offices+in+india-newsid-69658861
9.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_management
10. Distributed Deep Learning on Hadoop Clusters, Andy Feng & Jun Shi Yahoo! Inc.,
https://www.slideshare.net/HadoopSummit/distributed-deep-learning-on-hadoop-clusters
11. Jagreet | April 28, 2017 |  Categories -  Log Analytics,  Machine Learning, Deep Learning,
https://www.xenonstack.com/blog/log-analytics-with-deep-learning-and-machine-learning
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14. Industry 4.0 and additive manufacturing January 21, 2016, https://phys.org/news/2016-01-industry-additive.html
15. Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The Enabling Technologies The 2017 D-STOP Symposium James Kuhr, Esq. February, 2017,
https://www.slideshare.net/ctrutaustin/connected-and-autonomous-vehicles-the-enabling-technologies
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18. U Penn, Philadelphia PA, Dec 9, 2016 Slides: http://slideshare.net/LaBlogga Bitcoin and Blockchain Explained Melanie Swan Philosophy & Economic Theory
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21. IBM Electronics Industry Blog,3D Printing – Transforming The Supply Chain: Part 1, April 26, 2013 | Written by: Leonard Lee,
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/insights-on-business/electronics/3d-printing-transforming-the-supply-chain-part-1/
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internet-disrupt-smart-factory/  
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Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and
the Smart Factory
( modified version of ) talk delivered on Nov 16, 2017 by
Dr. P. Balasubramanian, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO, Theme Work Analytics, Bangalore
at MSRIT, Bangalore, 560054 India
Copyrights and IP of many whose work have been referred to in this presentation are
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Digital supply chains and the smart factories

  • 1. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory : Smart Strategy for Indian Enterprises ( modified version of ) talk delivered on Nov 16, 2017 by Dr. P. Balasubramanian, Ph.D. Founder & CEO, Theme Work Analytics, Bangalore at MSRIT, Bangalore, 560054 India [email protected] AICTE sponsored National Conference on Making of a Digital India-Renewed Challenges, Opportunities and Effective Deliverables
  • 2. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory •  Historic Prelude: Industry 4.0 •  What are Digital Supply chains •  What are smart factories •  What are the underlying technologies •  What is the business imperative for rushing towards DSC and SF •  How relevant are DSC and SF for India •  Which components do we pick •  How do we prioritize •  Is there a India road Map for Digitization •  The Smartness of Factory, Product, Service and Logistics •  Summary Assessment
  • 3. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Industry 4.0 The era of Cyber Physical Systems has already begun. Reference 1
  • 4. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Digital Supply Chain covers all goods and services Originally referred to goods such as books, music ,films etc. that could be delivered electronically. But no longer Connectivity is the key Reference 2
  • 5. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Digital Supply Chain encompasses all functions Reference 3
  • 6. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory The Smart Factory is a comprehensive and connected entity of machines, materials, stake holders and products. Connectivity and real time information sharing is the key Automation permeates all functions Reference 4
  • 7. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory •  IoT, IIoT •  Automation, Robotics, Machine Vision, Speech Recognition •  Identity Mgt, Network Security, Distributed Networks etal •  AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Analytics •  Additive Printing •  GPS, Autonomous Vehicles •  Wearable Technologies •  Blockchain ( Nextgen SC) Technologies under the hood Interlocking technologies are accelerating the pace
  • 8. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Internet of Things ( IoT ) Most devices are turning to be smart; capable of sensing ,sharing and processing information Reference 5
  • 9. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Location and Status Aware technologies with sensors, transmitters, actuators facilitate M2M interaction Reference 6
  • 10. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Maruthi Factory in India Riding on sensors and computers, robotics and automation are sweeping across the shop floors Productivity Quality Safety Cost Effectiveness Reference 7
  • 11. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Aakash Sinha , CEO of Omnipresent Robot Tech, a Delhi-based robotics startup for industrial inspection and defense demonstrating a drone Drones and other Robots are making headway into industry and society with numerous applications Reference 8
  • 12. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory 111 crore people in India have an Aadhar number. It is getting embedded into numerous government services. Issues of Network Security and Privacy concerns have arisen with the rapid spread of Aadhar applications Reference 9
  • 13. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory World of Big Data Can machines be taught to see, observe, infer and learn like human beings? Every object has features and attributes. The challenge is to identify and classify each object quickly with minimal human intervention Reference 10
  • 14. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Difference between Machine Learning and Deep Learning Reference 11
  • 15. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Vast data implies higher learning in Deep Learning techniques Reference 12
  • 16. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Exponential growth in learning techniques have happened over four decades; from Expert Systems to Artificial Intelligence to Machine Learning and now to Deep Learning Reference 13
  • 17. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Can deliver low cost prototypes, complex objects and even body parts in near future. Also known as 3D Printing Significant reduction in material wastage Reference 14
  • 18. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Autonomous Vehicles Disruptive Technology worldwide. Promise of high safety and threat of elimination of millions of jobs Reference 15
  • 19. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Wearable Technology Embedded sensors pick up and transmit information from persons or objects Patients, Children, Defense Personnel and others have become accustomed to wearing these devices in the last decade. Reference 16
  • 20. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Every major Technology firm is investing in this Technology since it could impact on every industry in a few years Reference 17
  • 21. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Financial services and Supply Chain Management would undergo paradigm shift Reference 18
  • 22. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Many start ups have invested in development of templates for appropriate use cases Reference 19
  • 23. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Information asymmetry will disappear thus leading to the demise of intermediary services. Reference 20
  • 24. Identity Mgt Robotics Network Security Sensors Nano Tech Machine Vision Deep Learning Speech Recog Analytics NLP Wearable Tech IoT, IIoT Additive Printing Autonom. Vehicles Blockchain Tech Cloud Computing Significant Technologies GPS Mobility Core and Common Technology developments are fueling many applications Mobility
  • 25. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory These technologies when combined, will result in dramatic cost reduction and service quality enhancement Business Imperative Reference 21
  • 26. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Digital Supply Chains within the smart factory will pan out on all functional areas Reference 22
  • 27. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Factory Product Distribution Services Smart Strategy for India Smart Services Smart Factory Smart Logistics Smart Products Indian firms have to formulate a firm specific strategy to invest in new technologies Higher level of focus in Services and Logistics recommended
  • 28. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Smart Services Digital Records Digital Transactions Digital Delivery eGovernance Health, Education Infrastructure CRM Condition Monitoring eWallets Smart Strategy for India Service Opportunity Identification for Certification Digital India initiatives of GOI can be coordinated to provide Smart Services across the entire spectrum
  • 29. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Smart Logistics Smart Strategy for India Location Aware Tech Status Aware Tech Selective Autonom.Vehicles Consignment consolidation Spot Assembly, Manufacturing Mixed Mode Delivery Eliminate non value adding roles Safety of Vehicles, Goods and People Route Planning Ample opportunity exists to cut distribution costs and waste substantially
  • 30. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Smart Products Smart Strategy for India RM2FGDataLog FieldPerfMonitoring FieldStatusRecord Proactive Push of Maintenance, Usage Information Product Standardization Product Componentization Investments in Smart Product strategies have the highest potential to yield higher returns in export markets. This is to be aligned with the Make In India campaign
  • 31. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Smart Factory Smart Strategy for India Cobotization IIoT + Human safety Additive Printing for Prototypes,moulds Smart Work Stations Worker Skill Development Work Scheduling Equipment Condition Monitoring Integrates ProdnPlng and Machine Maint Material Accounting Warehousing, Stores Inventory Management M2S to M2O Indian firms have to evolve a country specific implementation model of available Smart Factory applications
  • 32. Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory Summary Assessment v  Digital SCM and SF applications are projected to grow exponentially in the coming decade v  Indian economy can be transformed to be a high skilled job growth market by appropriate adoption of emerging technologies v  Many of them present a significant opportunity to energize the export markets of India as well v  India needs to integrate the Make In India, Digital India and Smart Cities initiatives into a cohesive set to maximize their beneficial impact
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  • 34. [email protected] Frontiers of Digital Supply Chain Management and the Smart Factory ( modified version of ) talk delivered on Nov 16, 2017 by Dr. P. Balasubramanian, Ph.D. Founder & CEO, Theme Work Analytics, Bangalore at MSRIT, Bangalore, 560054 India Copyrights and IP of many whose work have been referred to in this presentation are gratefully acknowledged)