Smart manufacturing is gaining momentum

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is changing the world of industrial automation. In addition, data collection and analysis is increasing at the edge - often away from data centers and dedicated IT staff. Real-time feedback will allow operators to make adjustments to help production lines run faster and more efficiently while preventing disruptions. This is smart industrial.

Automation World and Stratus recently co-hosted a webinar that went into these topics in depth. How to Start Your Industry 4.0 and IIoT Strategy explores several key areas.

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Why Consider Smart Manufacturing Now

Smart manufacturing is already bringing great benefits to companies across many industries. IIoT can be seen as an extension of industrial automation principles aimed at improving the quality, consistency, efficiency and reliability of production. For example, one of our customers, a pipeline company, saved $ 10 million by reducing downtime through predictive maintenance.

Will modernization require a big rip and replace?

Learning to modernize your plant will not require major dismantling and replacement. Our flexible cloud solutions and virtualization offerings will help you roll out IIoT in a phased manner as well as deliver tangible improvements. In fact, we indorse starting with a pilot to help define these benefits, skill sets and time frames for future phases.

After defining the pilot and measurements, you will need to plan and implement an IT solution for your management infrastructure.

Smarter production guidelines

We recommend these technologies and best practices to help you get the most out of your budget:

Make a decision with built-in virtualization.

This will greatly simplify and cost-effectively deploy and manage, and secure and scale your data and applications. It will also make it easier to connect to the cloud for shared data across the enterprise.

Avoid Downtime Instead of Recovery

Choosing a solution that avoids downtime, recovers quickly, and protects against data loss is critical. Redundancy, automated services and remote monitoring ensure the availability of data streams from your sensors, PLCs and other devices.

Deploy solutions that make integration easier

For the lowermost total cost of ownership, look for a solution that easily integrates into your existing environment. The link between your automation system and IT systems is critical and will make it easy to scale applications in both environments.

Simplify your work in the process

Ease of operation is required. Systems must be preconfigured so that the operating technology teams can get them up and running within an hour. IT administrative tasks need to be automated and run in the background.

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