Over the last four years, Arjun Chandar, the founder and CEO of IndustrialML, has been building and finely tuning the company to make factories smarter with his enterprise software as a service (SaaS) platform.

We spoke to Atsushi Yamada, Engineering Manager, about his experience working with the IndustrialML platform, the manufacturing industry, and how using a smart factory system can improve the manufacturing processes.

When it comes to manufacturing, the Millennial and Gen Z generations simply don’t have glowing aspirations to enter the industry—this is a big issue moving forward.

The IML Insights team took a trip to Tochigi, Japan to Daiwa Steel Industries, a steel tube manufacturing company founded in 1932. We had the opportunity to sit down with Kazuhiro Yamasaki, Managing Director of Factory Operations about his experience working with the IndustrialML platform, the manufacturing industry, and how the use of a smart factory system can improve the manufacturing processes.

The goal of a factory is to be efficient while maintaining a high degree of product quality. The best way to do this is to be consistent in operations and practices.