Leading Manufacturing Companies – Eaton

Eaton adopts a highly process-driven approach to optimise collaboration between teams. In fact, collaboration is key to the way work is carried out at Eaton and is completely in line with the Eaton Business System (EBS), an embodiment of the company’s Integrated Operating Company philosophy.
In addition, the last two years has seen some real improvements in technologies that make manufacturing and processes more efficient and operations more precise and measurable.
“I see 2018 as the year that we ride the next technological wave, when it comes to manufacturing and operational excellence. This will be the year when Industry 4.0 is implemented and we move into real-life practice of these technologies. There are many opportunities for applying new and advanced digital, cyber-physical approaches to shop-floor automation that significantly improve manufacturing productivity, flexibility, quality and efficiency. Moreover, to effectively meet demand fluctuations and unpredictability, more agile and demand-driven planning processes will be created and adopted,” says Varadharajan. In general, he feels that a host of advanced technologies such as collaborative robots, 3D printing, simulation, augmented reality, cloud-based software systems etc. are likely be used across major manufacturing setups.