The Connected Enterprise

June 23, 2016 4:07 pm

 The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting the physical and virtual worlds. It has brought people, processes and equipment together, from sensors and smart devices to entire systems. Connectivity is deepening our understanding of events and sharpening decision-making.
In the US, the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition has focused on implementing ‘21st Century Smart Manufacturing’ best practices. In Germany, the federal government developed Industrie 4.0 to help industries harness the intelligence generated by the IoT to optimise processes, increase efficiencies and spur innovation.
Rockwell Automation shares these visions and calls it ‘The Connected Enterprise’, where seamless collaboration and integration enable one to use the power of real-time data to make better, more profitable business decisions.
The Connected Enterprise consists of industrial operations that are intelligent, optimised, and secure. Central to achieving The Connected Enterprise is the convergence of information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT) into a single unified architecture to capitalise on operational, business and transactional data for improved enterprise, operations and supply chain performance.
BenefitsFollowing are the benefits of The Connected Enterprise:
• Faster time to market: Design productivity, faster commissioning times with intelligent devices, quicker start-ups of Greenfields, proven technology around risk mitigation for operations and IT, and the agility to respond to customer trends more quickly.
• Lower total cost of ownership: Better life-cycle management, enabling more effective operations, improved energy management, and easier technology migration.• Improved asset utilisation and optimisation: Improved reliability and quality, and predictive maintenance driven by operational intelligence tools.

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