Build These First: Digital Table Stakes for Your Industry 4.0 Transformation

Industry 4.0, Industrial IOT, data lake, digital twin ... stop it with the buzzwords, we just want better manufacturing outcomes. IIoT pilots fail when they are built on shaky foundations, so this session will start by discussing the table stakes that an organization must have as a foundation before modern technologies can truly be useful. Using case studies, we will describe how companies evaluate their existing systems, justify the investment of rip-and-replace when the current system is "working just fine," and successfully implement intelligence on their assembly lines.