Over the last few years, we have been told that data is the key to Smart, Industry 4.0 manufacturing. We have each allocated resources creating various data exchanges between machines and solutions, building in most cases, a rather dank looking lake of data, so, now what? Many manufacturing operations have been facing the pain, without yet, the gain. What were we not told? What do we need to do in order to use all of this precious data?
Happiness is gained where expectations have been aligned with reality. In many cases, the real expectation of what comes after data collection was never really explained, leaving many in the position of being driven purely by their own expectations, based on snazzy, graphic-laden demonstrations by solution providers, keen to draw customers in. The reality in…
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