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11. What level of automation
exists in industrial facilities?
Most industrial facilities have
partial automation, say respondents
(75%). Only a few facilities have
complete automation (15%). Manual
operations are still in use in 26%
facilities. This gives us a real
picture of the ground reality. Full
automation is only seen in high-
end pharma, semiconductor and
automobile plants. But now, most
of the new equipment is coming
with SCADA, sensors and cloud
connectivity.
The user interface has become
very simple. In fact, future
equipment will come with AI and
image-based analytics. So, the
FM team needs to understand and
operate these technologies.

12. How important is upskilling
in FM?
Over 81% of the respondents said
that upskilling is very important.
Another 10% said that they are
planning to upskill their team. FM
experts say that upskilling and
training is very important in FM,
because the industry is growing, but
trained manpower is not available.
Once a staff is trained, he is poached
by other companies. Therefore, there
is a need to train, upskill and retain.
Training should also be extended to
supervisors and ground staff and not
limited to facility heads.

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