Lexington Smart Factory designated by the World Economic Forum
End-to-end digital transformation drives 26% energy reduction and 78% CO2 reduction with renewable energy credits.
Boost operational efficiency with Smart Factories
Take full advantage of your digital transformation. See how Smart Factories and Smart Distribution Centers, backed by EcoStruxure™, are boosting manufacturing.
Smart manufacturing solutions to accelerate your digital journey
We know the importance of smart solutions for manufacturing because we use them ourselves. With EcoStruxure, we’re implementing the Internet of Things (IIoT) throughout our global supply chain. Across our Smart Factories and Smart Distribution Centres, we’ve reduced energy costs by between 10% and 30% and maintenance costs between 30% and 50%.
See how our solutions can do the same for you.
Five reasons to invest in smart operations
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1. Agile management
Driving faster and better decisions to help improve customer satisfaction and service speeds.
2. Asset performance
Predictive analytics for reduced downtime and more efficient operations.
3. Empowered operators
Access to real-time assets, data, and innovative technology for increased safety and efficiency in maintenance processes, and increased workforce engagement.
4. Energy and reliability
Reduced energy consumption, costs, and carbon footprint, and improved power monitoring through real-time insights and connected metres.
5. Cybersecure operations on multiple levels
Product and system security, with added value in secure solution design, training, and managed security services.
What you'll find in our Smart Factories
Our Smart Factories have been recognised by the World Economic Forum for leading the way in smart manufacturing. Factories in Lexington, USA, Le Vaudreuil, France, and Hyderabad, India have been recognised as Sustainability Lighthouses, three of only 17 worldwide. They, along with facilities in Batam, Indonesia, and Wuxi, China, are designated Advanced 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Lighthouses. Facilities in Wuhan, China, and Monterrey, Mexico, are recognised as Developing 4IR Lighthouses.
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EcoStruxure Power is an IoT-enabled architecture and platform that digitises and simplifies low and medium-voltage electrical distribution systems. It provides actionable data to aid the decisions that help protect people, safeguard assets, maximise operational efficiency and business continuity, and maintain regulatory compliance.
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EcoStruxure Resource Advisor
Aggregate all cross-enterprise energy and sustainability information in a single, cloud-based platform. Transform your data into actionable insights that will lead to real business operations.
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EcoStruxure Power Advisor
A proactive, analytics-based service for your power management system, delivering optimised performance and power reliability.
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EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert
Designed to help power-critical and energy-intensive facilities maximise uptime and operational efficiency.
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Connected Products
PowerTags, PowerLogic Metres, and other connected products.
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From design to integration, right through to commissioning, EcoStruxure Building brings best-in-class engineering efficiency to your building. Combined with our asset and energy performance services, we enable lifetime efficiency of your building ensuring productivity and comfort for occupants.
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Achieve business excellence with smart machine solutions. EcoStruxure Machine brings key technologies for product connectivity and edge control on-premises, using cloud technologies to provide analytics and digital services.
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EcoStruxure Plant enables the scalable design and operation of connected systems with best-in-class cybersecurity built in at each layer to safely drive measurable operational profitability improvements.
*These offers are by AVEVA. AVEVA and Schneider Electric's industrial software business combine to create a leading engineering and industrial software company.
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Lean manufacturing and production optimisation.
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A secure, managed cloud solution for collecting, storing and visualising process, and performance data.
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For complete visibility and control of your asset management strategy, from spares and inventory management, to complete procurement for asset-intensive industries.
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A cloud-based digital services platform to more efficiently manage industry compliance. Reduce costs, increase productivity, and be audit-ready with a robust testing and approval process.
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Modicon industrial control systems
Modicon PLCs and PACs to control and monitor industrial operations in a sustainable, flexible, efficient, and protected way.
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Human Machine Interface software and panels
Magelis HMIs provide a simple and effective means of connecting systems, collecting data and presenting information in a meaningful format.
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From seamless local production and integration at the grid edge to bridging demand and supply, EcoStruxure Grid increases your grid's efficiency for sustainable networks.
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In a connected world, it's now more important than ever to protect critical information and data. Ensure that your data centre’s physical infrastructure can adapt quickly to support both future demands driven by IoT and growth — in the cloud and at the edge — without ever compromising availability or operational efficiency.
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How can digital transformation and automation in Smart Factories drive energy reduction and speed up the transition to a sustainable future?
Schneider Electric helps make Smart Factory operations innovative and sustainable through an end-to-end digital transformation that improves operational efficiency and reduces energy consumption and CO2 emission. As an industrial technology leader with IoT and data analytics expertise, Schneider Electric's digital energy strategy for smart factories leverages IIoT connectivity, Edge analytics, and predictive analytics to drive energy efficiency and sustainability goals.
Discover EcoStruxure, our IIoT-enabled system that offers smart solutions for manufacturing that help reduce energy and maintenance costs across our Smart Factories and Smart Distribution Centres. Our Smart Factories, recognised by the World Economic Forum, lead the way in manufacturing with the latest digital tools, including augmented reality, remote monitoring, and predictive maintenance, to save energy, carbon footprint, and overall cost savings, while offering increasing agility and resiliency within the operation. Our scalable smart solutions with end-to-end cybersecurity for supporting applications and data analytics enable operators to view cloud-connected critical data anytime, anywhere, and from any device.