Augmented Reality in Manufacturing

Q&A with Librestream

Dan Flynn has 20 years of experience in sales and business development at companies ranging from early stage high growth to global corporations. At Librestream, Dan is responsible for North American Sales. His experience includes Networking, Security, Hosting, Video, Enterprise and SaaS software platforms, and Big Data.

In March 2019, Dan will join industry leaders at the American Manufacturing Summit to discuss the impact of market dynamics and new technologies for current and future manufacturing, operations and supply chain leaders. Drawing from his own expertise, Dan will lead a Lunch & Learn session on “Digitize Your Workers’ Day with Augmented Reality and Wearables: Deployment Examples and Business Outcomes”. His session will cover the benefits of digitization and augmented reality (AR), the different types of wearables available to manufacturers and the outcomes of implementing AR into an organization.

This is an excerpt from the Q&A with Dan Flynn:

“What are the main drivers for organizations deploying augmented reality?

When it comes to organizations investing in digital transformation technologies like augmented reality (AR), there are three main trends we are seeing in the manufacturing market.

The first trend focuses on the digital ecosystem of smart factories. Nowadays, factories are well equipped with better wireless coverage and many organizations have the devices needed, such as smartphones and wearables, to start deploying AR.

The second factor is the shift in service demands. This, in turn, puts more demand on the manufacturing industry to produce the products that can perform and deliver the higher uptime end customers are now expecting. AR collaboration tools are key to helping manufacturers deliver on these products.

Expertise shortage is the other trend we are seeing across not only the manufacturing industry but all industrial industries. AR tools that can leverage the knowledge and expertise within an organization are one of the main drivers for deploying this technology”

Questions discussed:

• What are the main drivers for organizations deploying augmented reality?
• How is augmented reality disrupting the manufacturing industry?
• How can augmented reality be leveraged in the manufacturing industry? What are its most beneficial uses?
• What are the benefits and challenges of implementing augmented reality in an organization?
• How can manufacturing companies use digitization to stay competitive and maximize ROI?
• What are the next big trends for augmented reality within manufacturing?

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