The rise of ‘smart’ maintenance in manufacturing

Predictive maintenance has the ability to improve product quality, increase productivity, reduce downtime and costs while speeding up decision making…

IT/OT convergence: the big enabler for Industry 4.0

No one says that IT/OT integration is simple. But it is inevitable in driving the smart factory, Industry 4.0 and innovation. Organizations, however,…

Servitization benefits both manufacturers and suppliers

How can manufacturers overcome low-cost competition, strengthen customer relationships and build a revenue stream that will persist through good…

Smarter factories need a marriage of IT/OT

The convergence of IT and operational technology (OT) is crucial to the development of smart manufacturing, but with such a diversity of legacy and…

Why cyberdefense needs to underpin entire supply chains

With an ever-increasing number of suppliers plugging into connected equipment, objects and systems in your enterprise, OT (operational technology)…