The End of Industrial Science Fiction – Back to Practicality

For many companies today, digital transformation in the industry is still in the realm of science fiction. Smartphones can predict our behavior, humankind has mastered the control of crew-less spacecraft, and yet sometimes we cannot even get two corporate departments to work together. In reality, fully automated and connected plants remain a distant dream for most manufacturers.

Streamlining processes and technologies aligned with people’s needs in organizations is not an easy task. So how can we transform and simplify Asset Performance Management?

As individuals and modern citizens of the world, we take personal connectivity for granted. We use our smartphones to take part in many digital processes, we allow Google to use our data to predict where we go and what we want.

Realistically, for many companies today, the digital revolution in industry is still in the realm of science fiction. Although some plants are now up and running, fully automated and networked factories remain a distant dream for most manufacturers.