How IoT sensors and data improve supply chain automation reliability
With IoT sensors offering a growing range of data points, companies that make effective use of the insights they provide are able to improve efficiency, visibility, productivity, and safety, enhancing the reliability of their warehouse operations.Every…
How to Implement a First in Digital, Digital First Strategy
Technological advancements and digital transformations are a modern business necessity to access a wide range of benefits. This can either be to improve business-wide productivity, connect and collaborate with global staff, or to gain a competitive…
Transforming Manufacturing: Navigating the Servitization Journey
Many manufacturers recognise the value of shifting from product sales to service-based revenue, but fewer know how to make the transition. This article introduces the four stages of servitization maturity and the technologies that enable each…
Scaling GxP Innovation with Industrial DataOps
Life sciences manufacturers operate in environments where innovation and compliance must coexist. But how is that possible in practice, and what use cases are emerging across the industry?In a recent webinar hosted by IIoT World, “Adapting GxP Operations…
What to watch in 2026: From generic AI tools to industrially trained intelligence
As manufacturing moves deeper into digital transformation, 2026 marks a turning point: the shift from generic productivity AI toward industrially trained intelligence embedded directly into operations. Manufacturers are no longer experimenting with chat-style tools—they are building…
Industrial IoT Is Failing the Factory Floor. Here’s How Standards-Based Mesh Networks Can Fix It
Manufacturers have spent the past decade wiring their operations with sensors, controllers, and industrial IoT devices. These systems promised leaner operations, fewer surprises, and more automation. Yet many factories are discovering that their IoT strategies are…
February 2026 Industrial AI/IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events
February 2026 brings together a strong lineup of global events focused on Industrial AI/IoT, Operational Technology (OT), and ICS cybersecurity. From smart manufacturing and utility modernization to AI-driven connectivity and critical infrastructure security, these conferences and expos…
The Chief Purpose Officer: Your Next Leadership Role
Across every industrial sector, the conversation has moved beyond efficiency gains and automation ROI. A more fundamental question now confronts leadership: What is our company’s human function when the machines can execute everything?For decades, industrial leadership has…
Why AI Supply Chains Are Moving Away From Data Sharing—and Toward Signal Sharing
One of the most persistent barriers to supply chain resilience is not a lack of analytics tools, but reluctance to share data.During IIoT World Manufacturing & Supply Chain Day in December, speakers discussed how AI is…
January 2026 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events
New year, new budgets, and a fresh slate of industrial priorities—secure connectivity, resilient operations, and scalable modernization. January 2026 offers a compact and high-impact set of gatherings where Industrial IoT (IIoT) and ICS/OT cybersecurity conversations show up in different forms:…