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Smart Factory of the Future
Smart Factory of the Future Video Series
In this series, we showcase a number of short videos to demonstrate, how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management helps manufacturers build a factory of the future.

In today’s world, supply chain disruptions are becoming increasingly common. Manufacturers are responding to this challenge by building adaptable and resilient supply chains that can automatically react to challenges. Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management is a modern, cloud-based solution that can help manufacturers unify data and gain real-time insights into their supply chains. This allows them to quickly adapt to shifting business opportunities, customer needs, and market opportunities while anticipating disruption and minimising risk.
Building a Smart Factory of the Future
A smart factory of the future can integrate and leverage different advanced technologies to create an efficient, flexible, and sustainable manufacturing environment.
Suitable for discrete, process, lean, and mixed-mode manufacturing, Microsoft Dynamics 365 makes this possible.
D365 helps manufacturers innovate by introducing new products and services quickly, centrally managing product information, and improving safety, quality, and productivity with hands-free work instructions.
With features like agile planning and advanced insights, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management can help build an smart factory, with an adaptable, resilient supply chain that automatically reacts to challenges.
The latest release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 enables users to proactively transform their manufacturing and supply chains with predictive insights and intelligence from AI, IoT, and mixed reality - across planning, production, inventory, warehouse, and transportation management.
What does the Smart Factory of the Future video series cover?
On this video series we showcase how manufacturing businesses can achieve a factory of the future through some key features of the software:


Watch the latest episode from the Smart Factory of the Future Video Series
Episode 11: Streamlining HR processes with Microsoft Dynamics 365 HR
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Smart Factory of the Future
The Smart Factory of the Future
HSO collaborates with manufacturing companies like yours to drive better outcomes like cost reduction, cost avoidance, increased market share and customer intimacy, employee retention and reskilling. Learn more below

The Smart Factory of the Future
Accelerating Digital Manufacturing Transformation with Microsoft Dynamics 365


Smart Factory of the Future Expert View – Driving value across every area of your factory
In our Expert View series, we discuss how technology can help you to overcome some of the most important manufacturing and service industry challenges.
Learn how to realise the business benefits across the entire manufacturing value chain.
How can we help?
Dive deep into our knowledge

Start managing your data better, extract the insights, and use them to fuel decision-making.

With special guest Mike Stanbridge, Enterprise Architect, HSO ✔ How to get products into the hands of people faster & more efficiently ✔ Evolving forwards instead of having a big bang approach ✔ And why businesses are no longer limited by technology, only their imagination

Dan Snowdon, Solution Director at HSO talks about what's fueling the drive to automation and how to take your first steps, including: ✔ The ever-changing expectations of the customer✔ Factors that can dramatically influence the supply chain process✔ Managing skilled and expensive resources out in the field

With our special guest, Bob Berry, Senior Solutions Architect - Manufacturing Sector, HSO ✔ The cost justification for Smart Maintenance to measure your assets ✔ How significant reduction can be achieved in both resource and production time ✔ And how to get started

How to build a resilient supply chain- for ANZ audience -


In today's rapidly evolving industrial landscape, manufacturers face a myriad of challenges, from optimizing production processes to meeting increasing customer demands. Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) has become crucial to gain a competitive edge. OpenAI's cutting-edge technology, including its advanced language model, GPT-3, is at the forefront of transforming the manufacturing sector.



Human resource management made easier by Microsoft’s human resources software; Microsoft Dynamics 365 HR.

AI's Impact on Modern Manufacturing Dynamics

A Comprehensive Guide for Modern Manufacturing

Unlocking the Potential of Factory 4.0: A Comprehensive Guide by HSO

Unlock the Potential of Factory 4.0—A Comprehensive Guide
If you want to find out more about how Microsoft technology can help you build a smart factory.
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