Building of a Cloud Factory—A Platform for Digital Manufacturing

This paper presents a case study of building of a cloud factory, a name given to digital order processing. This is achieved with the help of a Web-based interface as front end to capture inputs. The inputs are processed by a set of back end programs. The output will be the price and can trigger order placement if confirmation is received. This is an automation of order processing and plays an important role in future smart manufacturing regime under Industry 4.0. It widens the reach to customers and helps deliver value. The proposed model has been tested successfully.