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If you've ever wondered what the inside of a chocolate
factory is really like, then you're
in luck, as one U.S. confectioner is developing a virtual factory that will
allow customers and employees to see and interact with the company's processing
center.
Tcho, which stands for "technology" and "chocolate," will
open-up their production data and processes in hopes of creating collaborative
spaces for tasks in factory observation, virtual inspections, trainings,
process monitoring, and inventory tracking.
The virtual factory is being made possible by using hundreds
of sensors placed throughout the company's 30,000 square-foot, San Francisco facility.
The sensors will transmit real-time data and video to the Web.
Tcho is working with FXPal to explore how the uses of the
virtual factory can provide "real-world purposes." The groups previously worked
together to create an iPhone application that enables factory machines to be
controlled remotely.
Do you see any benefits to opening a virtual factory? Would
you be interested to see and participate in a factory's real-time ongoings?
Source: FoodProductionDaily
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