Manufacturers are adding more digital connections to production environments. AI programs, remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, asset analytics, and cloud platforms all depend on some level of connectivity between OT, IT, and external systems.That creates a practical question for manufacturers: how should the OT environment be built so one failure, one misconfiguration, or one compromised system […]
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A technician walks up to a faulty measurement device, scans the QR code on its display, and gets a plain-language diagnosis with step-by-step repair instructions, all before picking up the phone. David Lincoln, Digital Lead of ABB’s Measurement and Analytics Division, spoke with Lucian Fogoros of IIoT World at Hannover Messe 2026 about how the […]
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At GE Vernova Accelerate 2026, Clark Rexrode, Colin Reilly, Chris Grega, and Ben Hoff from PPG presented how the company deploys Proficy MES across a manufacturing network of 140 to 150 facilities in more than 50 countries. PPG, a coatings and specialty materials company with $15.9 billion in 2025 sales, developed product technology blueprints for […]
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Most OT security spending goes to defending networks after equipment is installed. The presentations at S4x26 in Miami made a different case: the highest-impact moment to address supply chain risk is before the purchase order is signed. Asset owners who attach cybersecurity acceptance testing to existing procurement instruments, retainage clauses, and performance bonds, can financially […]
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At GE Vernova Accelerate 2026, Smita Bhat and Brian Johnson presented the Proficy AI roadmap spanning seven initiative themes across MES, Historian, and SCADA. The roadmap organizes AI capabilities into three tiers: chatbots that wait for input and respond once, copilots that suggest actions while the user stays in control, and autonomous agents that detect […]
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Papa John’s Food Service (PJFS) ran 11 dough production facilities on paper. Quality checks, batch compliance, and raw material tracking all happened manually, with no real-time visibility across sites. During a presentation at GE Vernova Accelerate 2026, Eric Clark, Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement, and Kiyana Parsan, Project Coordinator at PJFS, described how the company […]
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Manufacturing is the most targeted sector for ransomware, with attacks rising 56% year over year, according to OPSWAT. Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report recorded 1,607 confirmed breaches in manufacturing, an 89% increase. Up to 80% of new ransomware is now AI-generated, according to industry estimates cited by OPSWAT, and smart factory technologies adopted in […]
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Only 26% of data governance programs incorporate culture and communication into their strategy, according to the 2025 Gartner Evolution of Data and Analytics Governance for AI Survey of 62 organizations. The majority prioritize trust, risk, security, and technical controls instead. At the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando, Gartner analyst Nate Novosel presented seven […]
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According to an IDC InfoBrief, 82% of companies experienced at least one unplanned outage over the past three years, with an average cost of $2 million per event. Among heavy IIoT adopters, 63% report productivity and competitiveness gains, and 54% anticipate cost savings from connected asset strategies. Among the sponsors of the 30th Annual ARC […]
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EDF Power Solutions North America manages 16 gigawatts of power across wind, solar, and battery energy storage systems, with equipment from dozens of OEMs that was never designed to interoperate. To bring all of that data into a common format, the company deployed an edge solution across more than 50 sites and adopted the IEC […]
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Sensors, cloud infrastructure, and algorithms keep improving, but the hardest input to capture for any manufacturing AI system is the knowledge held by a maintenance engineer who has been watching, listening to, and repairing the same equipment for 15 years. That engineer knows which vibration pattern means a bearing is failing versus which one is […]
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Most manufacturers know they need to start with AI. The common advice, “start small” with a use case, prove value, and scale, is incomplete on its own. Starting small without first thinking big leads to a collection of disconnected experiments that never compound into enterprise capability.At IIoT World’s AI Manufacturing Day 2026, a panel featuring […]
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