Answering your burning IIoT questions with Cyril Perducat, EVP of IoT & Digital Offers, Schneider Electric
As any manufacturing company embarking on a digital transformation journey, you want to be more productive and more energy-efficient — all while managing the unknowns such as unpredictable market conditions,…
The IIoT digital solution platform market at the end of 2018
Do you know your platform solution? Knowing your digital solutions is key to choose industrial platforms, as they might not meet your exact needs. What is under the hood of an Industrial…
How Smart Factories Benefit From Digital Twins
Today, the term Digital Twin is ubiquitous. Four years ago, I had my first personal contact with this concept. I attended the VDI conference “Big Data in Manufacturing”, where a…
Digital Transformation Workforce Evolution
Currently, many companies view digital transformation as being technology-driven. Machine learning, cloud architecture, microservices, augmented reality, and IIoT platforms are just some of the technologies driving endless discussion among end…
In the Digital Transformation era, speed and scale are of the top essence
What do the likes of Mercedes-Benz, GE, Ford, Humana, Philips, LockheedMartin and Indian Railways have in common? Irrespective of the diverse domains they are posited, each of them is in…
Four challenges for power generation companies in their digitalization journey
Digitalization holds great promise for the power generation industry. However, a range of internal and market challenges can constrain its effective uptake and implementation for those early in the digital…
Scrum – an Agile Approach to Digital Transformation
In 500BC the Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu taught his commanders that quickness is the essence of war, and agility the hinge of battle. Sun Tzu’s wisdom 0f…
10 Rules Behind Amazon’s Success You Can Use on Your Digital Transformation Journey
Since publishing my book The Amazon Way in June 2014, I’ve collaborated with hundreds of teams and leaders, applying lessons from the book to their cultures and businesses. What I didn’t expect…
Collaborative Operations Center – what it means for utilities in the digital transformation process
Last month, together with my business partner in IIoT World, Carolina Rudinschi, PhD, I attended the opening of ABB’s latest Global Collaborative Operations Center in Genoa, Italy, an event that…
Susan Peterson: “Concepts like Future of Work are at the center of the Digital Revolution”
One in five power plants will become digital plants by 2025, a Capgemini’s report predicts. Back in 2016, the maturity of digital initiatives in the industry varied: from projects that…
5 Steps to begin or advance a Digital Transformation Strategy
A smart, connected enterprise can embrace the digital transformation in the coming Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) world by collecting data that could result in new levels of collaboration, operational…
Power Generation Companies Need a Framework for Digital Transformation
The power industry has a long history of embracing the benefits of digital technology. For decades, power plants have used remote sensing, networked communication, data aggregation, monitoring and control systems…