Inside ZEISS’s Factory of the Future: Why quality is becoming the new operating system of manufacturing
For decades, quality control in manufacturing has played a defensive role: parts are built, then checked, and defects are caught — often too late to prevent scrap, rework, or costly downstream failures. That model is being quietly dismantled. At ZEISS, the 180-year-old optics and optoelectronics giant best known for lithography systems that power the global chip industry, quality is being repositioned as the nerve center of production itself — a real-time signal that steers machines, not just a report card issued after the fact.
We spoke with Krishna Khandelwal, Head – Logistics & Supply Chain, ZEISS India & Neighbouring Markets, about what the Factory of the Future actually looks like inside ZEISS’s own operations, where AI is already paying off, and why the company believes autonomous manufacturing — while real — is still further away than the industry’s marketing might suggest.
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