IFAI Expo 2018

Digitalized Manufacturing: Will the Fourth Industrial Revolution Transform Flat Knitting? (Room 302)

15 Oct 18
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Case Study Sessions, Classroom Education, Pre-Expo Conference: Specialty Fabrics

Speaker(s): Connie Huffa, Fabdesigns, Inc.

There’ve been a lot of advances in our industry in recent decades regarding benchmarking best practices of producing products in better and in more efficient ways. Just when manufacturing seemed to be a well-oiled machine something happened. - A new technology in the shape of a small rectangle with rounded edges and a flat black screen crept into the pockets of what is now over 2.1 billon mobile phone users all over the world. - Consumers are demanding change. - Retail and how we make and sell things is changing. As with everything in life, there are positives and trade-offs to technological advances. This session discusses how digitalization might disrupt the flat knitting corner of the industry in the next five to ten years.