Technology That Can Support More Locally Focused Production
A Forbes panel on local production, IoT data, quality, waste reduction, and stronger operations.
“Local production becomes more resilient when teams can measure quality, waste, and throughput close to where work happens.”
The core idea
The Forbes panel looks at tools that help companies move production closer to customers and suppliers.
Local production can reduce supply-chain risk. It can also make teams more responsive.
It needs clear operational data because smaller sites have less room for waste.
Melkon's perspective
Melkon focuses on IoT data.
Sensors can show equipment health, material waste, quality drift, and risky production steps.
The sensor is only one part. The data pipeline around it must be reliable and easy to use.
Why it matters
Local production can support faster delivery and better regional resilience.
Without good data, each site can drift in a different direction.
Start with the most expensive or defect-prone steps. Track throughput and quality. Use those signals to guide maintenance and staffing.
Key Takeaways
Local production needs real-time operational visibility to scale well.
IoT data can reduce waste and catch quality issues earlier.
The data pipeline around sensors is as important as the devices themselves.
Consistent measurement helps distributed sites improve without losing flexibility.
About the author
Melkon Hovhannisyan is a Barcelona-based CTO, senior software engineer, AI builder, and tech entrepreneur. He is the Co-founder and CTO of Direlli, a WorldSkills Web Technologies Champion, WorldSkills Champions Trust Representative for Asia (2023-2024), and former Forbes Technology Council member. He builds AI and agentic systems and writes on AI engineering, LLMs, cloud cost engineering, backend scaling, and practical developer workflows.
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