This episode opens a short series about partnerships in Industry 4.0 and why no single company can deliver a manufacturing transformation alone. Two product and partnership specialists describe the range of parties involved, including suppliers of hardware and automation equipment, software, security and integration.
A key idea is that these players agreed shared standards and common target architectures, which helped bring information technology and operational technology closer. The aim is to join machine and sensor data from plants, maintenance and logistics with business data, raising productivity and helping firms withstand supply disruptions through flexible operations.