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BMW’s shop floor digital transformation: Driving standardisation, AI, and human-centric innovation

BMW layers lean manufacturing principles with the application of digital technologies to develop standardised, human-centric production processes.

Nick Holt

Automotive expert Tunç Kip says human-machine interfaces are essential in boosting flexibility, quality, and performance in global automotive manufacturing

From the factory floor to upstream design, digital human-machine interfaces are enabling smarter, leaner, and more flexible vehicle production - but humans need to be at the centre of gravity for it to work.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

Augmented reality, AI, cobots and digital twins are transforming automotive production by enhancing worker training, planning, inspection and collaboration

Human-machine interfaces are becoming central to car production. With AR, cobots, AI inspection and digital twins, OEMs like Ford, Volvo, GM and Mercedes are reshaping the way people and machines interact.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

How Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Dräxlmaier are using digitalisation, automation and AI to transform production, logistics and sustainability across their global manufacturing networks

European automotive manufacturers are building digitally integrated production systems across their global operations to increase resilience, reduce emissions and prepare for new vehicle architectures and future technologies

Götz Fuchslocher

5G networking: How JLR is building smarter factories

As manufacturing operations become more data-driven, traditional network technologies are struggling to keep up. Steve Mason, JLR’s Advanced Digital Technologies Manager for Global Industrial Operations speaks to AMS about the integration of 5G networks into factory environments.

Nick Holt

Edge computing and AI: Transforming manufacturing at the source

In modern manufacturing, edge computing is becoming a game changer, enabling faster, more secure, and more efficient operations. Steve Mustard, an expert with the International Society of Automation (ISA), spoke with AMS on how this technology is shifting traditional processes and how it’s set to evolve with artificial intelligence.

Nick Holt

Software-defined vehicles are transforming value creation, customer models, and strategies across the automotive industry, from BMW to Stellantis and NXP

It’s now time to take a more holistic view of software-defined vehicles (SDVs). After all, they involve completely new business models. Who is pursuing which strategy?

By Andrea Hoffmann-Topp

New whitepaper: BASF and Catena-X: Creating a more connected and efficient automotive industry

This whitepaper provides an in-depth look at how BASF, as a top 30 global automotive supplier, is leveraging Catena-X to enhance supply chain transparency, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive efficiency.

Future-ready: BMW’s digital transformation of its Munich plant and beyond

As the global automotive market pivots toward sustainability and electrification, BMW isn’t just adapting its product portfolio it’s reengineering the entire production operation, prioritising flexibility, digitalisation, and long-term operational efficiency. Plant Munich director, Peter Weber discusses the company’s approach to digitalising production.

Nick Holt

Digital twin technology is bridging the physical and digital worlds in automotive manufacturing

OEMs and Tier suppliers are actively deploying digital twin solutions to enhance their manufacturing capabilities. This article explores the latest trends, ongoing developments, key challenges, and critical steps in deploying digital twins in the automotive industry.

Nick Holt

EU invests in AI to transform automotive manufacturing with ‘AI smart factories’, automation and next-generation production technologies

The EU’s new InvestAI fund will inject €200 billion ($208.4bn) into AI, transforming European automotive manufacturing. With AI gigafactories and smart factory technology, this initiative aims to drive automation, digitalisation and next-generation production systems.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

DeepSeek’s AI model raises questions over the future of computing power, Nvidia’s dominance and automotive AI development

The fact that a Chinese startup trained its AI model cheaply caused a stock price crash in the USA. For experts, however, this is a sign that artificial intelligence can be developed more quickly - including in the automotive industry.

Timo Gilgen

The digital production hub at BMW’s San Luis Potosi blends electrification, AI, and sustainability to lead the way in next-generation automotive manufacturing

BMW’s San Luis Potosi facility is a testbed for next-generation automotive production. From digital twins and AI to high-voltage battery assembly, it pioneers lean, green, and smart manufacturing to meet global demands for electrification and sustainability.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

AMS Automotive Evolution: Reducing costs, fast-tracking development, embracing change

The AMS Automotive Evolution conference in Detroit brought together leading car makers and tier suppliers to discuss managing production operations as the EV transition continues. AMS Editor Nick Holt shares some takeaways from the event.

Nick Holt

Ford’s Rajeev Kalamdani on smart factory transformation challenges: Legacy systems, workforce, and data integration

Speaking at the AMS Automotive Evolution NA 2024 conference in Detroit, Rajeev Kalamdani from Ford shared his perspective on the complexities of digital transformation in smart factory settings. From integrating legacy equipment to fostering a tech-savvy workforce, Rajeev outlined key challenges and solutions for successful digitalisation in the automotive industry.

Nick Holt

Watch now: How to maximise efficiency in battery tray manufacturing and integration

This webinar showcased innovative, cost-efficient quality processes to assure 100% quality in battery manufacturing. New quality solutions from Hexagon enable automakers to detect defects efficiently and ensure a perfect fit into the underbody of the car.

Stellantis turns to AI tools and fast deployment to cut production costs and launch times

Stellantis chief manufacturing officer Arnaud Deboeuf reveals technologies across automation, factory planning and lineside logistics that reduce transition costs and time to market.

Nick Holt

Christopher Ludwig

Watch Now: Next-Gen Gapfillers: Henkel’s Blueprint for Automotive Electronics

This webinar explored Henkel’s latest innovations in thermal gap fillers, designed specifically for automotive electronics.

In Emden, Volkswagen wants to leave the Passat behind

Volkswagen’s Emden plant has existed in northwest Lower Saxony for decades. Nowhere else is the change to electric drives so noticeable. With new logistics, new assembly and the new ID.7, a new era begins.

Timo Gilgen

Virtual production networks are able to solve multi-level complexities across automotive manufacturing

Virtual production networks provide automotive manufacturing with myriad solutions like advanced time- and cost-saving simulations, global collaboration capabilities, and innovative tools like digital twins to harness untapped production flexibility.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

Volkswagen invests $5B in Rivian to establish 50/50 EV and software focussed Joint Venture

Volkswagen Group’s $5 billion investment in Rivian forms a joint venture to develop cutting-edge EV architecture and software. The judicious move strengthens both companies’ market positions, both helping Rivian advance its R2 and R3 models while addressing Volkswagen’s software challenges.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

Hyundai’s Metaplant America announces launch of 2025 IONIQ 5 to pioneer electric mobility

Hyundai’s new $7.59B Metaplant in Georgia gears up to commence production of the highly acclaimed 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5, reinforcing its commitment to pioneering EV technology and creating thousands of jobs in the region.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

BMW opens its first North American press shop at Spartanburg and unveils the new BMW X3

BMW Manufacturing celebrates 30 years in Spartanburg with the opening of its first North American press shop and the debut of the fourth-generation BMW X3. The $200M investment will create over 200 jobs and pave the way for electric vehicle production by 2026.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

Geoffrey Bouquot is appointed into newly created position as Audi’s board member for Innovation and software-defined vehicle

Audi appoints Geoffrey Bouquot as board member for Innovation and Software-Defined Vehicle, driving its push for greater digitisation and focus on software centralisation

Ilkhan Ozsevim

Exclusive: BMW Group improves efficiency with additive manufacturing gripper

BMW Group has improved the speed, versatility and sustainability of its manufacturing and cut costs by using 3D-printed bionic robot grippers. Automotive Manufacturing Solutions reports on the latest innovations from the BMW Group Additive Manufacturing Campus and manufacturing plant in Munich.

Megan Kelly

Quality control: 3D vision inspection systems

LMI Technologies offers insights into current trends in automotive quality control requirements and the technology solutions available.

Tag: industry 4 and smart factory

This site is showing all Articles related to this Tag: industry 4 and smart factory

BMW’s shop floor digital transformation: Driving standardisation, AI, and human-centric innovation

Automotive expert Tunç Kip says human-machine interfaces are essential in boosting flexibility, quality, and performance in global automotive manufacturing

Augmented reality, AI, cobots and digital twins are transforming automotive production by enhancing worker training, planning, inspection and collaboration

How Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Dräxlmaier are using digitalisation, automation and AI to transform production, logistics and sustainability across their global manufacturing networks

5G networking: How JLR is building smarter factories

Edge computing and AI: Transforming manufacturing at the source

Software-defined vehicles are transforming value creation, customer models, and strategies across the automotive industry, from BMW to Stellantis and NXP

New whitepaper: BASF and Catena-X: Creating a more connected and efficient automotive industry

Future-ready: BMW’s digital transformation of its Munich plant and beyond

Digital twin technology is bridging the physical and digital worlds in automotive manufacturing

EU invests in AI to transform automotive manufacturing with ‘AI smart factories’, automation and next-generation production technologies

DeepSeek’s AI model raises questions over the future of computing power, Nvidia’s dominance and automotive AI development

The digital production hub at BMW’s San Luis Potosi blends electrification, AI, and sustainability to lead the way in next-generation automotive manufacturing

AMS Automotive Evolution: Reducing costs, fast-tracking development, embracing change

Ford’s Rajeev Kalamdani on smart factory transformation challenges: Legacy systems, workforce, and data integration

Watch now: How to maximise efficiency in battery tray manufacturing and integration

Stellantis turns to AI tools and fast deployment to cut production costs and launch times

Watch Now: Next-Gen Gapfillers: Henkel’s Blueprint for Automotive Electronics

In Emden, Volkswagen wants to leave the Passat behind

Virtual production networks are able to solve multi-level complexities across automotive manufacturing

Volkswagen invests $5B in Rivian to establish 50/50 EV and software focussed Joint Venture

Hyundai’s Metaplant America announces launch of 2025 IONIQ 5 to pioneer electric mobility

BMW opens its first North American press shop at Spartanburg and unveils the new BMW X3

Geoffrey Bouquot is appointed into newly created position as Audi’s board member for Innovation and software-defined vehicle

Exclusive: BMW Group improves efficiency with additive manufacturing gripper

Quality control: 3D vision inspection systems

Design4Production: Recap blog

Ford Otosan in Kocaeli, Turkey, demonstrates how automation is driving Ford Transit production

“We have a clear strategy towards electromobility”: Gerd Walker, Audi

ZF unveils automotive tech facility in Monterrey, Mexico, focused on fusing engineering, design and product development

Porsche powers production with digital MHP FleetExecuter at Zuffenhausen as it expands it digital and automated ecosystem

How BMW is ramping up its circular production and sustainability principles as it drives towards electrification

Reshaping the future: Innovations and developments in automotive production engineering: propulsion by Electrification and Digitalisation

Mercedes-Benz has entered into an agreement to explore the use of Apptronik’s humanoid robots for its automotive manufacturing ecosystem

“Our future viability is not a given”: BMW Leipzig’s plant manager Petra Peterhänsel

DESIGN4PRODUCTION brings together leaders in automotive production, design, and engineering

Investment is main barrier to sustainable automotive manufacturing

Porsche plant in Leipzig wins Factory of the Year

Porsche launches all-electric Macan

Watch Now: Shaping the future: How electric vehicles are driving manufacturing decisions

AMS & ABB Automotive Manufacturing Outlook Survey 2023 results: A positive outlook despite evolving challenges

The state and stipulation of automotive production: Retrospect 2023 to prospect 2024

How battery and electric motors and EVs are reshaping the European automotive supply chain

Renault unveils ambitious Re-Industry transformation roadmap to reshape its production infrastructure for elevated industrial agility and enhanced sustainability commitment

JLR accelerates digital transformation with Tata Communications connecting 128 of its global sites through cloud-based digital production network

Porsche elevates Zuffenhausen production with €250m investment, focusing on mixed production lines

Ford’s Paul Stephens on EV opportunities and greenfield sites

Stellantis’ Factory Booster Day 2023 fosters OEM/supplier collaboration to solve automotive production challenges

Next steps towards solid-state

Interview with Greg Everly, Molex - Automotive Wire Harness & EDS Conference 2023

Interview with Garrett McIntyre, APTIV - Automotive Wire Harness & EDS Conference 2023

Interview with Micah Durham, Schleuniger North America - Automotive Wire Harness & EDS Conference 2023

Interview with William Bieniek, KOSTAL Connectors - Automotive Wire Harness & EDS Conference 2023

Interview with Manuel Fey, Sonosystems - Automotive Wire Harness & EDS Conference 2023

Interview with David Gonzalez, SE Bordenetze Mexico SA de CV - Automotive Wire Harness & EDS Conference 2023

Interview with Home Mojal, Telsonic Solutions - Automotive Wire Harness & EDS Conference 2023

Interview with Thomas Mathews, APTIV - Automotive Wire Harness & EDS Conference 2023

Delegate Interview with Jud Estes, Daimler Truck North America - Automotive Evolution North America 2023

Delegate Interview with Maggie Gehrlein, General Motors - Automotive Evolution North America 2023

Delegate Interview with Leonel Leal, Stealth-mode EV - Automotive Evolution North America 2023

Delegate Interview with Greg Ruscak, Telsonic - Automotive Evolution North America 2023

Delegate Interview with Mark Miller, GM - Automotive Evolution North America 2023

Highlights - Automotive Evolution North America 2023

Day 2 Wrap-up - Automotive Evolution North America 2023

Day 1 Wrap-up - Automotive Evolution North America 2023

Reactive problem-solving - Interview with Humam M. Alwan, Stellantis

Expansion, new gigafactories, and sustainability - Interview with Abby Chitwood, Panasonic Energy of North America

Back in the USA

Fanuc and Volvo Cars sign deal to transform automotive manufacturing with sustainable robotics

AMS Autumn 2023 – Continental Shift

We want your expert opinion. Take part in the AMS-ABB Automotive Manufacturing Outlook Survey 2023

Skoda Kvasiny to become electromobility powerhouse

Rising EV production boosts demand for more advanced automation

How Mercedes-Benz's Concept CLA Class showcases its ‘digital first’ production model

Continental digitises European automotive manufacturing plant with a private 5G Network

Watch: The advance of automation: what next-gen vehicles and batteries mean for robotics

Ready for the next generation in Spartanburg

Automatica 2023: Revealing key trends shaping the automotive manufacturing industry