communication technology

Information and communication technology

 

 

 

New automation, ICT and GIS technologies provide solutions for steering and controlling mobile working units in site-specific production systems as a way to fulfil requirements for a safe, efficient, environment friendly and traceable production. However, enhanced quality and efficient performance of work tasks require the organizing of a user-centric on-line support which is based on open system solutions. A missing link in the envisioned system is the lack of a refined and integrated analysis of the acquired data and the transformation of these data into information and knowledge useful for decision making. Currently, major parts of the information collected by sensors or by manual registrations are not used, due to data logistic problems. Costs of the time spent for handling and managing the data, in many cases, outweigh the economical benefits using the data. Thus, for example, the use of wireless communication is very much in the demand in the future.
The required user-friendly system does not exist currently, and developing these kinds of open systems will be challenging for the companies alone.