The manufacturing industry has embraced the Internet of Things (IoT) with open arms. Here, the Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT – that is, the introduction of smart sensors, new connectivity and analytics platforms to the industrial settings of manufacturing factory floors – is driving process efficiencies, greater cost-effectiveness and product innovation.
The rise of the machines is happening. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) – that is, the introduction of connected sensors and devices, and platforms or engines to analyse the data they collect, to warehouses and factory floors – is transforming how industrial organisations design their processes and products.