Towards Industry 4.0 Utilizing Data-Mining Techniques: A Case Study on Quality Improvement

In collaboration with an industrial partner; a respected manufacturer of household electronic appliances, techniques were developed using open-source and freely-available software, running on readily available hardware and using only existing data-collection points, that were able to provide actionable feedback which could be used to make improvements to the manufacturing operations; and to increase product quality. This paper serves as evidence that the ability to utilise these techniques is now within reach of numerous smaller manufacturing operations, and provides a further understanding of how moves towards fully Industry 4.0 ready factories may be made in the years to come.