The Future of Decentralized Manufacturing

Following the industrial revolution and the rise of globalization, mass produced and consumer packaged goods (CPG) have been manufactured on the concept of centralization; a factory in a central location produces a product before shipping it to warehouses the world over. While this approach has many benefits, in recent years it has become increasingly clear it might not always be the best way.

In this episode, host Conor Peick is joined by Alastair Orchard to explore the future of CPG manufacturing from shifting left to networks of local production facilities before taking this concept right to the edge with a pop-up factory that can be shipped in a container.

In the episode you’ll learn about:

(0:38) The evolution of manufacturing

(3:50) How companies will change demand forecasting

(6:00) The value of a decentralized network of production

(9:46) Building a pop-up factory

About the voices:

Alastair Orchard is the head of Digital Enterprise Thought Leadership for Siemens Digital Industries, working with multinationals to become more flexible, cost effective, transparent, collaborative organizations, and to bring their world-class products to market faster than their competitors. He is also the co-founder and CTO of dimax.cloud - a distributed manufacturing platform that cuts the cost, carbon and complexity from supply chains. Conor Peick is a Marketing Professional creating forward-looking content for the Thought Leadership team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Conor collaborates with industry experts and executives to produce impactful content exploring the challenges companies face and the technologies that can provide solutions.