Three Ways Industrial IoT (IIoT) Yields Bottom-Line Benefits

Manufacturers constantly struggle with machine downtime and their lack of visibility into real-time production status. As a result, many plant operations are reactive, rather than predictive. Since downtime affects the bottom line, gaining visibility into small anomalies can provide new methods of preventing failures and reducing waste.

This eBook looks at three key areas where utilizing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) — the next generation of smart factory intelligence — can have a significant impact while reducing the management and maintenance burden across the enterprise.

• IIoT is evolutionary, not revolutionary. An IIoT system simply connects ‘smart’ equipment and data flows so they can work together as part of an overall smart enterprise.
• Smart machine data and its integration with CRM, ERP, MES and IIoT systems enhances decision making with a new depth and breadth of knowledge, which echoes from the plant floor to the C-suite.
• IIoT helps with monitoring machine parameters and providing alerts when something is amiss, whether due to failure or erratic or out-of-spec operation.