5 ways factories of the future are likely to evolve

SINGAPORE (Jan 20): In the early 1900s, Ford’s Model T came in only one colour. And yet, the same variant of the Model T accounted for close to half of the cars in the world in 1920.

Now, the Ford F-150 pick-up has 16 equipment option categories – including selection of preferred colour, engine, and trim – which work out to more than 600,000 variants of the same vehicle to be produced in Ford’s factory.

Forget the uniformity associated with factories. The way products are rolling off the factory floor have changed radically – and are likely to continue evolving.

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