Who are we

MLIT Solutions is an industrial IoT platform for digital transformation and smart manufacturing/Industry 4.0. We deliver end-to-end IoT Solutions for manufacturing, agriculture, and poultry farming, to help them unlock new levels of productivity and potential. Our digital manufacturing solutions are scalable and provide complete operational visibility to allow real-time decision-making and improved levels of quality for a data-driven approach. We innovate processes and customer experience by leveraging best-in-class technology enablers like smart automation and data analytics. Our IoT-based smart poultry monitoring system, PoultryMon, helps poultry farmers automate their hatchery operations offers real-time poultry monitoring. With our

What We Do

BELOW FEILDS WE HELP

1. Weight

The weight of birds plays a pivotal role in determining their quality and price for commercial purposes. Weighing birds manually can lead to errors and omissions in data records. PoultryMon helps in bird weight management and measurement, and it automatically weights the birds and records the data in the system. The records of bird weight can be transmitted further to connected devices for commercial purposes.

2. Hatchery

We help in making hatcheries and farms smarter by offering predictive maintenance. Our smart remote condition monitoring system, PoultryMon, monitors the hatchery processes and alerts on any anomalies or unexpected changes in the processes. Our IoT approach delivers detailed hatchery monitoring, management, analysis, and reporting on a mobile device.

3. RHT

In poultry farms, production conditions like humidity and temperature are critical. An extremity in such conditions can reduce weight gain and increase susceptibility to disease of birds. Our IoT-based real-time smart remote monitoring device helps in monitoring and controlling the humidity and temperature remotely. Our IoT-based system is embedded with a wireless sensor network that automatically monitors the environment on temperature and humidity parameters and enables remote control of conditions from any mobile device connected with the IoT system.

4. Brooder

Brooding is prudent for raising healthy chicks and providing the heat required until they can regulate their body temperature. Even a minor temperature change can cause major losses. Our remote temperature monitoring device, PoultryMon, detects the farm temperature automatically maintains the favorable temperature for brooding without any human interference.

5. Cold Room

We offer our IoT solution for cold room facility to monitor the necessary parameters and regulate them in case any deviation from the preset values occurs. Our smart IoT sensors alert whenever there is a system failure on a mobile app or web. For well-organized stock management, our system collects and records data related to every activity and sends notifications in case of anomalies.

About Product

PoultryMon is a real-time remote monitoring solution for Poultry hatcheries and farms that delivers real-time poultry monitoring and consistent process monitoring through every level of operations. The IoT-based approach helps in hatchery management, analysis, and reporting over mobile or web for increased productivity and quality by enhancing visibility into the process using AI and IoT.

Product Features

• Remote monitoring on parameters such as temperature, Humidity Power, Door  Rack, turning, Ammonia, Co2, Air Quality, and Airflow.
• Unit level alarm and customized mobile notifications for any condition changes
• Monitors real-time accurate values on local device display)
• Automatic data logging records data at user-selected intervals
• Notifications & Alerts on mobile for any unexpected condition changes)
• Data reporting and traceability allow real-time data tracking and provide historic data records.

Benefits

• Improves yield in hatcheries
• Reduces mortality rate in farms
• Real-time analytics enables data-driven decisions
• Enhances quality and promotes quick growth
• 15% savings in human resources
• 10% savings in energy and resources
• Predictive maintenance
• Welfare of birds

Return on Investment

PoultryMon is a device that aims at exceeding the returns of poultry farmers. The following factors will ensure a higher return on investment:

• Enhanced production quality 
• Improves the health of poultry product
• Operational efficiency
• Quickens commercialization 
• Decrease in the death rate of birds 
• Cuts cost of human resources
• Better price for a better quality of farm produce

Introduction

Today adopting digital technologies has become inevitable for manufacturers. Manufacturing businesses follow technology trends to be competitive, reduce human intervention and reach their highest potential. The result of adopting the technology innovations is the evolution of smart manufacturing. But as it is evident that technology keeps evolving and we are witnessing new trends year after year, it’s time to gear up for top smart manufacturing trends in 2022. 

It is the age of smart manufacturing and Industrial IoT. The pandemic taught the manufacturers who did not transform into smart manufacturing how crucial it is to adopt the latest technology trends. 

The aftermath of the pandemic was that the demand for digital transformation in manufacturing revved like never before. Manufacturers today are investing heavily in digital technologies to add the smart factor to their manufacturing.

So, what trends should the manufacturers prepare themselves for in 2022? 

We will cover the top 7 smart manufacturing trends for 2022, which every manufacturing business should adopt.

Top 7 Trends in Smart Manufacturing you must look out for

Predictive Maintenance

Predictive maintenance is not a new trend, but it will keep ruling in the coming years. Through predictive maintenance, the manufacturer can detailed performance analysis of the tools, machines, equipment, and in a factory, and monitor the manufacturing processes with the help of technologies such as AI and big data. 

Also, by replacing manual tasks with technology and automating the process of predicting any anomalies, the manufacturers can save any damages, predict purchasing demands and manage the inventory in a better way.

Condition Monitoring for machine health

The sensor technology is rising, and 2021 has been a breakthrough year as its demand has increased like never before. The reason for the rising demand for sensor technology is that it helps the manufacturers in remote condition monitoring of assets which is helping the manufacturing businesses remarkably. 

Condition monitoring allows the manufacturers to monitor the condition of an asset, such as temperature, humidity, vibration, speed, etc., through sensor technology. The condition monitoring helps the manufacturers to determine any changes indicating a developing flaw. 

Remote condition monitoring improves the health of machinery. If the health of the machinery is good, it will eventually lead to a better quality of production and higher output quality.

Hybrid Workplaces with AI Technology

Remote working was a thing even before the pandemic, but after the first wave of corona struck in 2020, there was a rise in work-from-home culture. According to a survey, about 88% of companies permitted their employees to work from home. This culture became a part of the event the manufacturing industry.

The AI technology made it possible to implement remote working in manufacturing and created a hybrid workplace. The manufacturers are following the AI technology to transform into a hybrid workplace and cut the human labor and cost. This trend will rise in 2022 because it offers better returns, reduces human error, and minimizes human intervention in manufacturing processes.

From Automation to Hyper automation

Automation has helped manufacturers to eliminate time-consuming and error-prone manufacturing operations and balance the labor shortage. But 2022 will be the year for hyper-automation, which is a disciplined approach t automate as many business processes as possible.

Automation is also vital in helping manufacturers compensate for a worker shortage and eliminate time-consuming and error-prone processes — from the plant floor to the back office. Powered by the technologies such as sensors, AI, robotic process automation, and, AI it will handle complex repetitive processes and improve the decision making, consistency, and quality of operations.

5G

5G, the fifth generation of cellular wireless technology, has paved its way in smart manufacturing. It will be a major trend in smart manufacturing as it has plenty to offer. With 5G, a manufacturing business can boost its production quality, improve security, lower costs, get sustainable, enhance efficiency and get a competitive edge. 

5G allows manufacturers to create a large wireless sensor network to gather the insights from the IoT network to improve automation and enhance the data collection.

Consumer driven manufacturing

Hyper personalization is a trend that is ruling all sectors. There was a time when manufacturing businesses used to follow rigid and uniform processes for generic production. But the modern customers’ needs won’t fulfill by generic products and services. 

Customers prefer the products which meet their specific demands and needs. That’s why consumer-driven manufacturing is a trend that will focus on anticipating customer needs and producing in-demand products and services.

Emerging Technologies

The last but not the least trend is the emerging technologies. What makes smart manufacturing is the implementation of emerging technologies such as IoT, The cloud, AI, machine learning, AR/VR, smart industrial robots, and much more.

Keep looking out for the latest technology innovations, and you will always stay ahead in adopting the trend.

Conclusion

The manufacturers must embrace the latest technological innovations to redesign their processes and reach their highest potential. Every business operates in a dynamic environment, and if it is unable to keep up with the trends, it becomes a lost opportunity that leaves them behind its competitors.

So follow these smart manufacturing trends and take your manufacturing business to new heights.

Introduction

Internet of Things is benefitting almost every industry today, be it automobile, agriculture, finance, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, and much more. The reason why most industries use IoT solutions is because of the benefits it serves. IoT solutions give real-time access to information, bring speed to business operation, and save ample time and help many industries overcome their major challenges. One such industry is the poultry industry, where IoT solutions are improving the operations and turning them into smart poultry. 

Let us understand how poultry is turning into smart poultry using IoT solutions. But first, let us understand what IoT solution is.

The Internet of Things (IoT) means a bundle of technologies that are integrated seamlessly through the internet, collecting and sharing data. It is basically a network of physical devices embedded with sensors, software, actuators, and electronics that connects these objects and interchanges data. Businesses can purchase these technologies to create new organizational value and overcome challenges in managing data, inventory, or production.

Poultry in India

India is one of the world’s largest producers of broiler meat and eggs and holds the sixth position across the world poultry market. Poultry meat, especially chicken, is most popular in India, and that’s the reason it is the fastest growing industry in India. The poultry sector also offers jobs to many farmers because of various activities and operations in poultry farming, and it is their daily source of income. So, it is clear that it is a flourishing industry.

IMARC group experts predict that the Indian poultry market to grow at a CAGR of 15.2% during 2021-2026. 

But, this flourishing industry still has some challenges to overcome, and that’s why there is a need for smart poultry using IoT solutions.

Major Challenges of Poultry industry

The major challenges that farmers face in traditional poultry farming are:

Lack of technical knowledge

The major challenge in poultry farming is the lack of technical skills in poultry farming. There are several aspects of poultry farming that require thorough knowledge. Lack of knowledge means lack of production and eventually lack of returns. 

Health condition of chicken

Chicken meat is the major source of animal protein. In poultry farming, the returns majorly depend on the quality of chicken which further depends on the health of the chicken. If the environmental condition is not apt, then it can impact chicken health. Despite proper arrangement of environmental conditions in poultry farms with ventilation, cooling, and lightning, the farmers face problems in maintaining the good health of the chicken.

Challenges in Feeding

Keeping track of feeding is difficult for farmers. They really can’t tell if all the chickens are fed well or not because there are too many. Also, they don’t know where the food on the tray depletes while feeding the chicken. Feeding the chicken right is essential and is linked to the health of the chicken, which is another challenge we already discussed.

 Loss in production

The loss in production links to the discussed challenges. If the health of the birds is not good and if the environmental conditions are not suitable and the chicken is not fed well, then it will eventually lead to a loss in the production of the chicken.

Smart Poultry using IoT Solutions

IoT Solutions can develop India’s Poultry Farming sector, and it can help farmers to shift from manual poultry to smart poultry farming. An intelligent network and data processing system can create a new Poultry farming infrastructure in India. But the question is, how?

So, in this section, we will discuss how IoT solutions can help in creating smart poultry.

Real-Time Data 

The poultry farmers can obtain data on a real-time basis. They can check the yield in real-time. It means the farmers can monitor the data whenever they want to and check if the production is going well or not. Moreover, the farmers can get this real-time data on any device like mobile or laptop. 

Data Management

Data management in poultry is as essential as it is in any other sector. The data of broiler farms include the number o birds, feed, mortality, production, and much more. With IoT solutions, the farmers can record the data, store it, and process the historical data for any query or information.

Data Analysis & reports

All the data related to production and other aspects are presented in intuitive form with the help of charts and graphs so that the farmers can review it and analyze it for better decision making. The farmers can review reports metrics like production, yield, efficiency, etc.

Remote monitoring and control

There is a thing about the Internet that you can access information from anywhere. Through regular alerts and notifications on linked devices, the farmer can receive all the information remotely. Also, the IoT devices help the farmers take control and monitor data from far away. 

Advantages of Smart poultry using IoT solutions

What we usually look for before shifting to any technology solution is the benefits it serves. So, here are the benefits of poultry industry can receive with IoT-based smart farming.

Modern Approach

IoT-based smart poultry is the modern approach in poultry that is much needed. The IoT solutions can replace the manual traditional farming practices with intelligent farming practices. We are experiencing revolutions and innovations in It industry. Businesses using technology solutions and embracing technology, so the poultry sector should also take its part in following the technology trends.

Improve Accuracy

The manual poultry farming practices might give some inaccurate information because there are always chances of human error. When a data management system stores and processes the data, it increases the accuracy of the information, and it helps in better decision-making.

Increase Production

The introduction of IoT in poultry majorly impacts one area, which is production. This impact is surely positive because IoT solutions speed up operations and increase the rate of production. Technology saves time by saving the farmers from doing the grunt work for hours on the farm. Smart poultry farming brings efficiency to production.

Control Damages & Reduce wastage.

IoT-based farming helps the farmers in reducing wastage and minimizing damages in production. With smart monitoring and control devices, the farmers can be alerted on any peculiarity in the production process and save them from any damage or wastages. 

Low cost with Better returns

People often resist investing in any technology because they fear that it would not give great returns and would be complex to handle, but these are just misconceptions. But IoT solutions in poultry farming can bring impeccable results in terms of production. It is a low-cost solution, once installed, would increase your ROI.

Conclusion

It’s 2021, and it is an era where we are experiencing innovations and technology revolutions constantly, and it is time to embrace the technology and adapt to such changes. Poultry farming in India is still lagging in the race of adapting to technological changes. 

 IoT solutions are gradually transforming the farms into intelligent farms, leaving the traditional approaches behind. Poultry farming is a flourishing sector, and innovative IoT solutions can take India’s poultry market at the top position worldwide.

Introduction

It’s 2021, the digital age where even complex tasks can be simplified with digital technologies. Digitalization has revolutionized industries and their processes, making them simpler than ever before especially in the manufacturing industry.

In manufacturing businesses, there are complex processes that were earlier dealt with by manual tasks and reworking, but thanks to the digital technologies that have changed the whole scenario. 

In this blog, we will study how digital transformation has transformed the manufacturing industry and the reasons why a manufacturing business should invest in digitalization.

What is Digital Transformation?

Digital transformation means integrating digital technologies in all areas of business and shifting from manual to autonomous processes and operations. The technologies that are aiding the digital transformation are: 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning (a subset of AI) is not a new trend, but it is going to stay top trending in the years to come. 

AI and Machine learning is advancing new possibilities and opportunities to manufacturing businesses by accelerating the growth and access of data. AI optimizes cloud processing, enables the deployment of faster computers and improves operational efficiency. 

Machine learning makes the manufacturing business process safer, efficient, and profitable by making the processes automated, predictive maintenance, and analytics.

The Cloud

The cloud refers to the servers accessed over the Internet. The software and databases run over the cloud servers located in data centers across the world. 

Cloud computing makes the data storage, computing power, and computer system resources available on-demand without active management by the user. 

Cloud computing transforms modern manufacturing by providing infinitely scalable computing resources and benefits manufacturers to innovate, be more competitive, and reduce their costs. Also, cloud computing allows manufacturers to use new production systems like the Internet of Things, 3D Printing, and industrial robots. The cloud is significant for manufacturing because it brings operational efficiency, enhances security, data storage management, and analytics.

Big data

Big data means a variety of unstructured and structured large volume data that is analyzed to extract information and reveal trends, patterns, and associations. Big data analytics processes a massive quantity of data and generates information that helps the manufacturers to make informed decisions. Also, big data has benefits with real-time reporting that helps in access information in real-time.

Internet of Things

Among the different digital transformation technologies Internet of Things is the most prominent one. Internet of things is a network of devices that are interconnected and embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for transferring data with devices and systems over the Internet.

Manufacturers are gaining their major digitalization benefits such as agility, productivity, enhancing customer service, and meeting the dynamic market demand with insights obtained by IoT.

These are the transformation technologies that are making the manufacturing processes more agile.

Digitalization Shaping Smart Manufacturing

Smart manufacturing is simply the byproduct of digital transformation in manufacturing. All the digital technologies we discussed, IoT, big data, AI, and Machine learning, results in the formation of a smart factory. Any manufacturing business initiates digital transformation it means it employs these digital technologies in its business operations to streamline the manufacturing processes. Smart manufacturing has automated processes, predicts errors or abnormalities before they arise and meet ever-changing customers demand in modern style.

Digital transformation is uniting the manufacturing processes and making them faster, and shaping the future of manufacturing.

Why should Your Manufacturing business invest in Digital Transformation?

We have discussed how digitalization is transforming and what technologies play a major role in this transformation. But many manufacturers are still relying on the same old practices. The decision to invest in digital technologies is yet to be made in many manufacturing businesses. So, here is the prominent reason that will answer why you should embrace digitalization and invest in digital transformation for your manufacturing business.

Improved Data Collection

Every manufacturing business has to deal with mountains of data and analyze the data to gain insights that can help in making crucial decisions. Inaccurately optimizing the data can impact business decisions negatively. Digital transformation creates a sophisticated system for gathering the data and consolidating it fully for business intelligence at a greater level. With this system, every functional unit in the organization can translate raw data into insights.

Minimizing Costs and Increasing Profits

Investing in Digital transformation in your manufacturing business cannot go wrong. If you handle things well, you will see a visible change in your organization’s costs (decreasing, of course). As reported by SAP Center for Business Insights and Exford Economics, 80% of organizations that went for digital transformation increase their profits.

Also, you get greater visibility by insights such as delivery and demand status, inventory levels, production, etc., which helps you in reducing unnecessary costs, minimize wastages and eventually save costs.

Improve Processes and Enhance Productivity

When you employ digital technologies in your manufacturing business, your processes become streamlined, and you don’t need to waste your time on rework, downtime, and manual operations. Also, with digital solutions, you can simplify your performance monitoring. By saving a huge amount of time and money, you can use the funds and time more efficiently and increase your productivity.

Increase Customer Satisfaction with Customized Manufacturing

When we hear of manufacturing, we think of the same kind of products being manufactured in bulk. But digitalization is transforming this general idea of manufacturing. With digitalization comes the power of your manufacturing processes are you can customization options to your customers and at the same time maintain the quality of the products. 

Customized products are in high demand among modern customers.  The customers would not settle for something that everyone has. You can customize your products with digitalized manufacturing processes and increase customer satisfaction.

Conclusion

Change is inevitable, especially when it comes to digital transformation. Many businesses might cease to exist if they do not implement the latest digital innovations and technologies in their operations. If you want to satisfy the modern customer with your service, you need to modernize your operations. So, embrace the digital and implement the digital transformation to create a better version of your manufacturing business.

Introduction

Manufacturing is the largest industry in the world. We are experiencing technological revolutions in different industries, but manufacturing is the one evolving at a fast pace. It’s the era of smart manufacturing and industry 4.0. (The fourth industrial revolution).  

But what is accelerating smart manufacturing and industry 4.0?  Well, various modern technologies are influencing the manufacturing sector, but the Internet of things is the one that plays a major role. IoT is forming smart industries and innovating manufacturing processes. In this article, we will understand the role does IoT plays in smart manufacturing and its advantages.

Evolution of Manufacturing

Manufacturing means the production of a wide range of goods. For the production of goods, human labor and machines are required. Initially, in manufacturing businesses, the processes were manual, but in recent decades manufacturing has transformed. This transformation is the result of various digital technologies. Moreover, the advancement in digital technologies is also reducing human participation and labor-intensive processes in industries. Technology has taken over the manufacturing industries.

The technologies responsible for the evolution of manufacturing industries are AI, machine learning, Industrial analytics, and the internet of things. Today’s manufacturing industry is termed smart manufacturing.

What is Smart Manufacturing?

The concept of smart manufacturing is broad, and it is not limited to the implementation of any technology in the production process. Smart manufacturing means the implementation of various technologies and solutions in a manufacturing ecosystem. The technologies and solutions work collectively and create smart manufacturing.  

Smart digital solutions or technologies are called the enablers, and these aim to accelerate productivity, decrease downtime, increase efficiency and increase overall profits.

What is Internet of Things?

Now that we have discussed the meaning of smart manufacturing let us understand one of its prominent drivers, the internet of things. Internet of things is a network of physical devices (referred to as things). The devices are embedded with software, sensors, and technologies. The things or devices are connected for exchanging valuable data over the internet to simplify the manufacturing processes.

How IoT is accelerating Smart manufacturing

Today the internet of things has reached an industry level and is referred to as the Industrial Internet of things (IIoT). It is an ecosystem where the devices, machines, and processes are joined through data communication systems.  Every machine in the industry is embedded with sensors and generates data for production processes. The data generated give insights from the undiscovered activities in the production process. 

In a manufacturing industry, the processes are complex, and these processes generate huge data. IIoT helps in analyzing the data and gives useful insights which manual operations are unable to generate.

IoT solutions play a pivotal role in the creation of smart manufacturing. 

According to research, the size of the IIoT market is projected to grow from USD 77.3 Billion in 2020 to USD 110.6 Billion by 2025. 

It states the importance that IIoT holds today and in the coming future. Also, the sector that would be impacted the most by IoT is manufacturing.

It describes that there is a huge potential for IIoT in smart manufacturing.

Now let us understand how IoT solutions turn manufacturing into smart manufacturing.

How IoT solutions are shaping Smart Manufacturing

The IoT based devices are transforming manufacturing by offering the following features:

Remote accessibility and monitoring of data

With an IoT solution, the production managers can monitor the operations from anywhere and at any time. They can remotely collect information on the operations and control the production process using the devices. The remote access to data saves their extra time and effort.

Remote condition monitoring of assets

Another way the IoT devices can help the manufacturing industry is by offering remote condition monitoring and control. The production managers can monitor the condition of assets or equipment and control them remotely. It helps in minimizing the downtime and assures the performance of the asset. In case of any issues, the production manager can be alarmed and make necessary adjustments.

Asset management and monitoring

IoT allows proper monitoring of the asset and offers more precise inventory management. It controls quality, detects thefts, and optimizes logistics to offer better asset management. With inventory level monitoring, any issues can be identified on time and can save any loss or wastage in quality or quantity of inventory.

Anomalies reporting

When a production process includes human intervention, then there are chances of errors or omissions. But that’s not the case with IoT devices. The IoT devices alert and report any anomalies, and the role of production managers is only to take steps of remedy.

Benefits of IoT based Smart Manufacturing

Increase Productivity

Smart manufacturing means better productivity, and there is no debate about it. When the production manager can access data on time, take action against abnormalities on time, save waste or damages, reduce the production time, then all these leads to an increase in productivity.

Quicken production process

It is a fact that even the most complex tasks, which manually take hours to finish, can complete in a matter of a few minutes with technology. In smart manufacturing, the production processes become faster. Automation of production processes quickens the production process, and the products move to market for commercialization in less time.

Improved decision making

The advanced data analysis and reporting keep the production managers updated with all sorts of information. It also gives better insights that cannot be detected with manual operations. Hence better information and data reporting improves decision-making.

Better quality of products

The connected devices monitor the condition of products in real-time, eliminates human errors, alerts on any abnormalities in the production process. It increases the efficiency of production and ensures the products are of great quality. Also, good quality products mean more satisfied customers, which is another point of benefit.

Cost-effectiveness

Investing in IoT solutions is a decision that you would never regret. There is a better utilization of machines, less wastage in production, and reduce downtime in smart manufacturing. Also, the connected IoT devices utilize energy efficiently. There are so many costs that the manufacturer can save using IoT-based smart manufacturing.  The bottom line is, IoT solutions are a cost-effective option for manufacturing business.

Conclusion

One thing that can be concluded from the above discussion is that IoT’s role in smart manufacturing is pivotal. It is making production simpler, quicker, and profitable. In manufacturing, you cannot generate profits by producing in large quantities because you can sell according to the limited demand. So, the only way to increase profits is to make your production process efficient, and here IoT plays its part. That’s how IoT is shaping smart manufacturing.

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