Digital Series – Session 6 Highlights

DIGITISING PRODUCTION AND DIGITALISING DELIVERY

The conversion of Industrial IoT (IIoT) with e-commerce platforms

TOP QUOTES FROM THE SESSION

“By integrating the two [IIoT and e-commerce] you will bring end-to-end visibility in the supply chain and enable smoother transactions almost in real time. The value, as a big enterprise, is that you can look after smaller suppliers to make sure they survive through a difficult time and can plan for the future. But you also have a direct relationship with your end customer”

“There has always been a challenge of having full visibility of your supply chains and manufacturing flows. A lot of smart factories are not connected to this type of the marketplace. Once they combine full visibility of their supply chains and what’s happening on the floor, there can be a huge benefit.” 

“Machine makers today not only provide the hardware and plug them together. They also use data to understand customer needs and add those new digital services, and this is where B2C platforms come in. Additional services mean additional business and digitalisation has a big impact there.”