KFactory launches the Green Virtual Engineer - an AI-based product that helps manufacturers reduce carbon emissions by linking production data to energy and material consumption on the line. For an industry that sits in the top three of greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors, the Green Virtual Engineer reframes sustainability as an operational outcome rather than a separate reporting exercise.
Mechanically, the Green Virtual Engineer sits on top of the KFactory platform. Connect brings production, energy and material data into one place; Operate turns that data into shop-floor decisions; the Green Virtual Engineer is the AI-driven layer that surfaces the trade-offs between throughput and emissions in real time. Manufacturers exploring this can take the free Industry 4.0 readiness assessment as a first step.