Today, we are in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution. Categorised by BCG “Industry 4.0 is a transformation that makes it possible to gather and analyse data across machines, enabling faster, more flexible, and more efficient processes to produce higher-quality goods at reduced costs.”
This translates into truly automated, lights out environments where businesses can produce things at high-speed and on a massive scale. It is not just production, however, that’s driving transformation within industrial manufacturing, but efficiencies across the supply chain by harnessing technology to integrate different functions into the production process.
Distributed IT in manufacturing environmentsChanges are far-reaching, affecting every aspect of the industrial process, and businesses must be proactive in its adoption. To gain a competitive edge, many companies are looking beyond the developed technologies to emerging, under-utilised technologies such...