Big Data for

Manufacturing
FME5122 – Sample Presentation
What is Big Data?
• “Big data” refers to datasets whose size is beyond the ability of typical
database software tools to capture, store, manage, and analyze. This
definition is intentionally subjective and incorporates a moving definition of
how big a dataset needs to be in order to be considered big data—i.e., we
don’t define big data in terms of being larger than a certain number of
terabytes (thousands of gigabytes).
• In the case of a factory,
sources of data include
CAD models, sensors,
instruments, internet
transactions,
simulations—
potentially, records of
all the digital sources of
information in the
enterprise.
 Global Data

Fastest
Exabytes
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faster in 2013 30000

compared to 2000 25000

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What is Data Analytics?
• Dataanalytics (DA) is the science of
examining raw data with the purpose
of drawing conclusions about that
information. Data analytics is used
in many industries to allow companies
and organization to make better
business decisions and in the sciences
to verify or disprove existing models
or theories.
Smart Manufacturing
• is
likely to evolve into the new paradigm of
cognitive manufacturing, in which machining
and measurements are merged in order to form
more flexible and controlled environments. When
unforeseen changes or significant alterations
happen, machining process planning systems
receive on-line measurement results, make
decisions, and adjust machining operations
accordingly in real time.
Benefits of Big Data
• Segmenting Populations to Customize Actions
• Replacing/supportinghuman decision making
with automated algorithms
• Replacing/supportinghuman decision making
with automated algorithms
• Enablingexperimentation to discover needs,
expose variability, and improve performance
• WithinManufacturing, McKinsey pointed
to R&D, production, and supply chain for a
total productivity gain of $125-270 billion.
Improvements in
decision making for manufacturing costs,
product lifecycle management,
customer usage data,
sensor analytics,
preventative maintenance,
supplier data, and demand forecasting.
Main Barriers for Big Data
• BusinessesBlind to the Importance of
Visualization
When it comes to actually deriving insight
from the trove of data at most
organizations' disposal, visualization is
fundamental.
Only 26 percent of global survey
respondents are using data visualization.
• Investing
More in Gathering Data
than Analyzing It
32 percent of organizations have
invested more than $1 million in
gathering, storing and retrieving
internal data, but only 26 percent have
invested more than $1 million in
analysis of internal data.
• They're Facing a Talent Gap
Only 44 percent of PwC's survey
respondents said they have a
sufficient pipeline of talent to
undertake deep analysis of data,
though top performers were more
likely to feel they have a sufficient
talent pipeline.
• Struggling
With Insufficient Systems
to Rapidly Process Information
Big data demands increased computing
power to rapidly gather, store and
analyze massive volumes of data. But
many organizations doubt their ability
to do so with their current systems.
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