Industry 4.0 Erfolg hängt von Cross-Chain Collaboration ab

Industry 4.0 erfordert Kollaboration über Value Chains und Supply Chains hinweg sowie mit Herstellern und Operational Technology Companies.

Wie bereit sind wir für Industry 4.0? Technologie – Edge Devices, IoT, AI – ist bereit. Markt – Networks Producers, Suppliers, Distributors, Retailers – ist bereit. Aber für heutige Hersteller: Kompliziert. Formidable Foundational Issues + Need Collaboration Across Various Ecosystems.

Wort von Manish Chawla, General Manager Global Energy, Resources, Manufacturing IBM, der State of Edge/IoT im Interview mit The Cube diskutierte. „Ein Key Barrier: Recognition, dass Most Plants/Manufacturing Facilities/Supply Chains Brownfield Manner Run“, sagt er. „So viele Machines, so viele Facilities Built Over Decades. Proliferation Different Ages Devices/Machines.“

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Attempting Too Many Edge Projects At Once – Due To Growing Assortment Demands – Hamstrings Efforts Materialize Industry 4.0. „Another Key Barrier: Making Sure You Have Key Core Objective, Not Making Too Many Different Varied Experimentation Beds“, sagt Chawla. Auch Cybersecurity Concerns: Corporate Data Moves Across Ever-Expanding Networks. „More You Connect, More You Increase Attack Surface. Modernizing Foundation + Sure You're Doing It Secure = Key Concerns Executives Have.“

Was Ahead Manufacturing World? Greater Resiliency = Top Priority, sagt Chawla. „Pandemie Taught Us: Resilience = Core Objective. Second Objective: Out-Performance. Sustainability. Efficiency. Productivity. Stronger Customer Experience – Products Easier To Use, More Easily Consumable. Pull It All Together: Using Data To Drive Those Objectives.“

This Data Employed Move Forward Across Two Technology Fronts. One: Build Up Architectural Foundation Support Differentiating Technologies Like AI. At Same Time, Chawla: „Requires Bringing Cloud-Like Technologies To Edge Or Plant Or Device Itself.“

Of Course: No Enterprise Needs Go It Alone. Above All: Industry 4.0 = Collaborative Effort – Within And Outside Enterprise Walls. „Ecosystems Coming Together – Collaboration Between Manufacturers, Between OT Companies Like Siemens, ABB, Schlumberger“, sagt Chawla. Another Part: „Looking At It From Supply Chain Or Value Chain Perspective.“ Successfully Evolving Industry 4.0 Means „Collaborating Across Value Chains And Supply Chains, As Well As With Manufacturers And OT, Operational Technology Companies.“