Now is the right time to embrace Industry 4.0 principles. Because the future is being built around connectivity, the benefits can be felt immediately in terms of efficiency and productivity while also preparing for the needs of tomorrow's manufacturing environment. Most manufacturers will be able to apply the principles to what they already have without incurring vast expense. Rockwell's Connected Enterprise is about bringing together the people and processes in manufacturing so that data can be harmonised and harnessed. It underpins the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) by providing the platform for Internet enabled devices to communicate with MES solutions to improve efficiency; for the operating technology (OT) to link to the information technology (IT) of a business seamlessly to unlock the power of the data that can be gathered, processed and visualised in a useful and relevant way.
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