The document discusses the next production revolution, which involves the emergence and convergence of new technologies like digital manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, 3D printing, and synthetic biology. This technological convergence is transforming production and driving new challenges for manufacturing research and policy. The next production revolution will require more linkage between industrial systems and research systems to address challenges like scaling up emerging technologies, developing hybrid production systems, advancing digital manufacturing and design, and creating smarter adaptive supply chains.

1. Dr Eoin O’Sullivan
Centre for Science, Technology & Innovation Policy
What do we mean by the
Next Production Revolution?
IfM Briefing Day
11 May 2017

2. What do we
mean by
“The Next
Production
Revolution”?
Digital
manufacturing
Cyber-physical
systems
Industrial
internet
Synthetic biology
3D printing
Big Data
Advanced
materials
4th Industrial
Revolution
Industry 4.0
Next
Production
Revolution
Second
Machine
Age
Society
5.0
Nano-
manufacturing

3. Digital
manufacturing
Cyber-physical
systems
Industrial
internet
Synthetic biology
3D printing
Big Data
Advanced
materials
4th Industrial
Revolution
Industry 4.0
Next
Production
Revolution
Second
Machine
Age
Society
5.0
Nano-
manufacturing
• Definition & drivers
o Technological
o Non-tech factors
• A converging systems revolution:
o Technologies
o Manufacturing value chains
o Manufacturing & innovation
• Manufacturing research -
emerging themes:
o Scale-up
o Digitalisation
o Future supply chains
o Business models
The Next Production
Revolution: Outline

4. What do we mean by
The Next Production Revolution?
Emergence / convergence of technologies:
• digital (IoT, robotics, big data…)
• biotech (industrial biotech, synthetic biology…)
• 3D printing / additive manufacturing
• advanced functional materials
• nanomanufacturing
• …
Non-tech factors / context
• Global value chains
• Digitalisation of society / economy
• Internet-based business platforms
• Knowledge-based capital
• Industrial / socio-economic ‘grand challenges’

5. What do we mean by
The Next Production Revolution?
Emergence / convergence of new technologies
Transformation of production
(and distribution/supply of products and services)
Productivity / competitiveness
New policy challenges
• New manufacturing R&D priorities
• Diffusion of new technologies / knowledge
• New institutions and infrastructure
• New skills
• Organisational change
• New business models
• Cyber-security, privacy, customer protection

6. CSTI Contribution to OECD Next Production Revolution
Review of International Advanced Manufacturing
Innovation Policies, Policy Studies, Initiatives
Systematic review of:
• International advanced manufacturing
R&D strategies
• Manufacturing foresight reports /
manufacturing-related roadmaps
• Manufacturing research priorities /
agency portfolios
• Flagship R&D programmes
• Strategies of new manufacturing R&D
institutes / public private partnerships

7. International Manufacturing R&D Trends
The Next Production Revolution: A Systems Revolution
• Convergence of key technologies: ICT… nano-, bio-… [but also…]
• Interdependence of manufacturing systems and research systems
• Urgency for (speed-to-manufacturing) ‘scale-up’ of emerging tech
• Digitalisation: Accelerating trends / offering new opportunities
• New business models: Not least internet-based platform businesses
Convergence of
technologies
Integration of
industrial systems
Blurring of R&D
domain boundaries

8. Material
processing /
recycling
Product delivery/
customer service
Framing the discussion:
Perspectives on ‘Manufacturing’
Factory
(tools, process line)
Logistics /
supply chains
Product development
/ product innovation

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Digitalisation of Manufacturing
What will the Fourth Industrial Revolution look like?

10. Distribution
Sub-
assemblies
Parts
Components
Production
Processed
materials
Supply
management
Development
Design
Production
Research
Distribution
After-sales
Services
Production
Factory
equipment
Adaptive
machines
Mecha-tronics
Engineering
tools
Processline
Innovation
new manufactured
products
Assembly /
fabrication of
manufactured
products
Production
capability-building
for manufactured
products
Framing the discussion:
Perspectives on ‘Manufacturing’
(value chain systems)

11. Distribution
Sub-
assemblies
Parts
Components
Production
Processed
materials
Supply
management
Development
Design
Production
Research
Distribution
After-sales
Services
Production
Factory
equipment
Adaptive
machines
Mecha-tronics
Engineering
tools
Processline
Innovation
new manufactured
products
Assembly /
fabrication of
manufactured
products
Production
capability-building
for manufactured
products
Framing the discussion:
Perspectives on ‘Manufacturing’
(value chain systems)

12. Distribution
Sub-
assemblies
Parts
Components
Production
Processed
materials
Supply
management
Development
Design
Production
Research
Distribution
After-sales
Services
Production
Factory
equipment
Adaptive
machines
Mecha-tronics
Engineering
tools
Processline
Innovation
new manufactured
products
Assembly /
fabrication of
manufactured
products
Production
capability-building
for manufactured
products
Framing the discussion:
Perspectives on ‘Manufacturing’
(value chain systems)

13. Distribution
Sub-
assemblies
Parts
Components
Production
Processed
materials
Supply
management
Development
Design
Production
Research
Distribution
After-sales
Services
Production
Factory
equipment
Adaptive
machines
Mecha-tronics
Engineering
tools
Processline
Innovation
new manufactured
products
Assembly /
fabrication of
manufactured
products
Production
capability-building
for manufactured
products
Framing the discussion:
Perspectives on ‘Manufacturing’
(value chain systems)

14. Delivery
to customer
Production
capability
Different Perspectives on Manufacturing
Increasingly integrated systems

15. Delivery
to customer
Production
capability
Different Perspectives on Manufacturing
Many links between value chain activities

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Web of ‘digital threads’ connecting
different activities along value chains
Different Perspectives on Manufacturing: Digitalisation

17. Manufacturing
perspective
How do firms capture
value in modern
manufacturing?
Advanced manufacturing challenges (and
opportunities)
Product
innovation
Competing on speed of
new technology
development
Development of products with improved functionalities,
performance and reliability through application of advances in
physical/biological sciences (e.g. nanotech, chemistry, biotech)
Process
innovation
Competing on product
mix flexibility and factory
productivity
Process optimisation (speed, cost, resources); production
technologies capable of more complex shapes and tighter
process tolerances; hybrid production technologies/systems able
to deliver individualised products at mass production prices
Supply
chain
Competing on
reconfigurable supply
capabilities
Supplying materials and components faster/more efficiently;
establishing adaptable and agile (global) supply chains in
emerging and established industries (to deliver current and
next-generation products)
Customer
demand
Competing on superior
customer satisfaction
Getting products and services to customers faster/more
demand-led; creating stronger (digital) links between design,
production and delivery; foreseeing changing patterns of
demand and customer wants and needs
Capturing Value from Advanced Manufacturing
Different sources of competitiveness

18. Wide Bandgap Electronics
Advanced Fibres/Textiles
Smart Manufacturing
Lightweight Metals
Integrated Photonics
Advanced Composites
Additive Manufacturing
Eng. Biology for
Biomanufacturing
Biomfg for
RegenMed
Continuous Manufacturing
of Pharmaceuticals
Advanced Machine Tools and
Control Systems
Assistive & Soft Robotics
Cybersecurity for
Manufacturing
High Value Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing
Sustainability in
Manufacturing
Chemical and
Thermal Process
Intensification
Low‐cost, Large‐area
3D Integration
Scaling of Advanced Functional Materials
Integration of
Functional Inks
Smart Components /
Interconnects
Interactive upstream
design Management
3D-Anisotropy Customized
Design and Manufacturing
Supply Chain Management
linkage of flexible capacity structures in
adaptable networks
Robotics for logistics, service
Connected objects for assets
/enterprises in supply networks
(user-centred design to)
user well-being design
Delightful Design
Platform
Digital Manufacturing and Design
Data Considerations in
Large IoT Networks
Smart Factories
Manufacturing R&D targeting innovation throughout
Product Development, Production, Supply Systems
Delivery to
customer
Fabrication&
assemblyInnovation
ofmanufactured
products
Production
capability

19. Wide Bandgap Electronics
Advanced Fibres/Textiles
Smart Manufacturing
Lightweight Metals
Integrated Photonics
Advanced Composites
Additive Manufacturing
Eng. Biology for
Biomanufacturing
Biomfg for
RegenMed
Continuous Manufacturing
of Pharmaceuticals
Advanced Machine Tools and
Control Systems
Assistive & Soft Robotics
Cybersecurity for
Manufacturing
High Value Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Sustainability in
Manufacturing
Chemical and Thermal Process
Intensification
Low‐cost, Large‐area
3D Integration
Scaling of Advanced Functional Materials
Integration of
Functional Inks
Smart Components / Interconnects
Interactive upstream
design Management
3D-Anisotropy Customized
Design and Manufacturing
Supply Chain Management
linkage of flexible capacity structures in
adaptable networks
Robotics for logistics, service
Connected objects for assets
/enterprises in supply networks
(user-centred design to)
user well-being design
Delightful Design
Platform
Digital Manufacturing and Design
Data Considerations in Large IoT Networks
Smart Factories
Key manufacturing research themes / challenges
requiring more/stronger linkages (industrial & interdisciplinary)
Delivery to
customer
Fabrication&
assemblyInnovation
ofmanufactured
products
Production
capability
Scaling-up of
emerging
technologies
Hybrid
production
technology
systems
Digital
manufacturing
& design; and
business platforms
‘Smart’
adaptive
supply chains

20. Implications of Next Production Revolution Trends
Manufacturing Research Priorities
Convergence of
technologies
Integration of
industrial systems
Blurring of R&D
domain boundaries
• R&D addressing manufacturing systems challenges
• New inter-disciplinarity between emerging technology domains (e.g. adv
materials, biotech), production technologies/tools, operations management,
business management, ICT…
• ‘Translational research’ for manufacturing scale-up
• R&D for ‘sticky’ manufacturing for high wage economies
• R&D informed by (big) data from whole manufacturing system

21. Implications of Next Production Revolution Trends
Manufacturing Research Priorities
Convergence of
technologies
Integration of
industrial systems
Blurring of R&D
domain boundaries
• New connections:
o Industry: shop floor, design, supply chains, vendors…
o Research base: Uni centres, RTOs, natl labs, metrology labs, business schools…
• Shared space: Demonstration / scale-up facilities; user engagement, ‘living labs’
• Shared visions: Foresight/roadmaps… Awareness / linkage-building exercises…
• Key themes:
o scale-up (especially advanced materials)
o business models (including internet-based platforms)
o digitalisation (of factories, value chains, product innovation, service delivery)
o advanced supply chains

22. Dr Eoin O’Sullivan
eo252@cam.ac.uk
Thank You