The present times pose new challenges across industries and disciplines. However, if the challenges are daunting and inevitable, honing on the Internet of Things (IoT) can help build a strong business use case for tackling the challenges.

The stakeholders in the manufacturing industry, in particular, are tasked with sourcing ‘smart manufacturing’ technology solutions to promote an intelligent future across operations and supply chain networks. The Internet of Things can prove to be the missing piece of the puzzle to help the manufacturing industry create a solution that delivers real business value.

Our white paper shall serve as a guide for the manufacturing industry to fast forward smart manufacturing with these four key steps:

• Define your current business efficiency and scope for improvement
• Design and pilot a project befitting the business use case and purpose
• Develop and prove the success criteria for the pilot project
• Review and extend the solution performance against original objectives and requirements