Smart Connected Assets: Still New but More on the Plant Floor

摘要

Knowledge, talk and even action on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has continued to grow this year, but not in the way you might expect. We are seeing concentrated focus on smaller, more targeted projects geared to fuel operations excellence from several angles-asset performance management (APM), enterprise quality management (EQM) and now smart connected assets. Companies are using the data-existing and new-to redefine work processes and the organization structure itself. The result has been more uptime and better service levels for the extended supply chain: the internal customer, operations, and the customers that buy the finished goods and services.