With the emergence of the concept of smart factories, many new concepts have followed, such as digital factories and intelligent manufacturing. So what exactly is the relationship between these three?
If we put them in a simple order, it would be: intelligent manufacturing > smart factory > digital factory. A digital factory is the product of combining modern digital manufacturing technologies with computer simulation techniques. If a smart factory is considered an upgraded version of a digital factory, then intelligent manufacturing is an upgraded version of the smart factory.