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Could the Model Factory open the door to lights out logistics?

Martin Kahl talks to the man in charge of ZF’s Model Factory, a working smart factory concept that evaluates future manufacturing and logistics technologies

Incremental gains, marginal improvements – elite sports teams are now routinely using scientific analysis of every aspect of team and individual sporting performance to boost efficiency, reduce waste, and benefit from small advantages which add up to the difference between competing and winning.

It’s a line of thought being increasingly adopted by OEMs and suppliers within manufacturing and logistics to reduce waiting times between processes, minimise damage and breakages in

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