9JUNE 2023Evident in many of the national Industry 4.0 priorities stated above, the manufacturing industry across the region is poised to benefit significantly from the Industry 4.0 vision, which places a great emphasis on innovation-driven manufacturing. In order to efficiently capitalise on what Industry 4.0 technologies have to offer, design and manufacturing enterprises across the region are beginning to move away from legacy systems and traditional processes, to take advantage of next-gen technology to automate, improve and streamline processes. A study by Deloitte supports this transition, reporting that digitally mature companies enjoy a wide range of specific benefits arising from their digital transformations that include, but go well beyond the bottom line. As a substantiation, Deloitte's 2020's digital transformation study found that companies with higher digital transformation maturity reported 45 per cent net revenue growth. Elevating Performance in Core Manufacturing WorkloadsCost, product quality, and productivity are the three core pillars in the manufacturing industry; greater efficiency across all three pillars will be a never-ending journey. Advanced technologies and services can have a transformative effect across all three pillars, substantially increasing the bottom line for manufacturing companies. In a general sense, manufacturing firms are turning to High-Performance Computing to support various workloads within the manufacturing domain, including Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) workloads. High-performance computing can help manufacturers at every stage of product development, from running advanced design simulations to automating processes and predicting maintenance issues. There are multiple solutions with different capabilities to suit very specific workloads. In AMD alone, customers can choose from our EPYC processor family, our RyzenTM ThreadripperTM PRO family and now, the AMD EPYCTM 7003 processors with AMD 3D V-CacheTM technology.Data centres powered by AMD EPYCTM processors help deliver incomparable performance and scalability for CAE and EDA workloads of virtually any size. AMD EPYCTM processors are designed to increase the computing throughput of engineering simulation workloads such as CAE, and EDA by reducing latency impacting design cycle time, contributing to better, higher quality product designs.AMD RyzenTM ThreadripperTM PRO processors deliver up to 64 cores for multithreaded simulation and rendering along with the advantage of high-frequency capable cores for lightly threaded workloads, helping organisations rip through the most demanding design projects.The best is only getting better with the launch of the AMD EPYC 7003TM Processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology, raising the bar once more for breakthrough performance on targeted technical computing workloads relevant to the manufacturing industry such as FEA and computational fluid dynamics (CFD): CFD Workload (Analyses fluid dynamics faster): Up to 82 per cent maximum speedup on computational fluid dynamics with Ansys Fluent. FEA Workload (Finite Element Analysis): The 64-core, AMD EPYC 7773X processor can deliver, on average, 44 per cent more performance on Altair® Radioss® simulation applications compared to the competition's top of stack processor.That being said, to find the most optimal balance between cost, product quality and productivity, it is essential for business leaders to identify the various workloads in their specific manufacturing process, evaluate the extent to which each workload is used and invest in workload-specific tools. However, as mentioned earlier, with a great many solutions and products out there, business leaders can easily be flummoxed as to what specific tool would be ideal for their unique business needs. Evaluating the extent to which each workload is used in the organisation would enable business leaders to identify the right workload-specific tool to enhance overall business operations. This is where expert consultants would be an investment with significant ROI. Other considerations: Reduced Power and SecurityWhile the afore-mentioned points delved into the technical aspects of the manufacturing industry and the role of technology in elevating multiple workloads, there are various other considerations that Advanced technologies and services can have a transformative effect on cost, product quality and productivity, substantially increasing the bottom line for manufacturing companies
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