3  Application areas

Note

The following is a non-exhaustive list of common application areas of Industrial Data Science.

3.1 Process optimization

• Energy consumption prediction and optimization
• Improving production efficiency
• Improving production quality
• Supply chain optimization by predicting market demands

3.2 Quality control

• Automated visual inspection
• Defect prediction to mitigate multistage propagation
• Online quality prediction

3.3 Predictive maintenance

• Detecting possible problems before they occur
• Reducing unnecessary inspection and maintenance operations

3.4 Human-Robot collaboration and ergonomics

• Workforce training
• Task support
• Collaborative robotics
• Ergonomics