Smart Factories 2020, 2021 & Beyond!

Even today the smart factory trends are very similar from that which we have seen rising on the past couple of decades. The distinction is not so vast in today's tech.
Technologists are speaking about the massive IoT benefit for fabricating, literally, for several decades. The manufacturers are slow in adapting new technologies. However, the leaders who are using those innovative technologies at high levels are currently reaping the many rewards of transformation. They also have laid the groundwork for the remainder who have not kept up to pace.
Until today, the mainstream approach was to wait and then react compared to