Introduction You may have heard of terms like “Industry 4.0”, “Smart Manufacturing”, and “Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)”. According to statistics, IIoT has already captured the largest share of global IoT spending. A study by Business Insider predicts that global manufacturers will invest $70 billion in IoT solutions by 2020. In the continuously evolving industrial … Read more
Image source: MAVERICK Technologies Author: John Clemons “ The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is best suited for extending the capabilities of process control and automation systems while allowing them to operate as designed. “ In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has developed rapidly, connecting billions of devices and hundreds of millions of … Read more
Note from Qingji: Readers familiar with Qingji must be acquainted with “Mr. Silicon Valley”. Qingji has previously reprinted his thoughts on the development of Qingdao titled “Qingdao’s Ambition: Northern China, Vast Mountains and Seas”. Author Garnett Ge works at a well-known incubation accelerator in Silicon Valley, USA. In a discussion, Qingji and Garnett Ge talked … Read more
Karel Eloot Ani Bhalekar Almost all global manufacturers are testing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies, but in a recent McKinsey survey, nearly 70% of executives reported that their IoT projects are stuck in a pilot dilemma and cannot scale at the company level. Moreover, respondents indicated that only 15% of industrial IoT projects achieve … Read more
What Is Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)? To this day, there are still many interpretations, and everyone has their understanding. Some narrowly define it as the application of IoT technology in manufacturing plants, known as smart factories; others broadly interpret it as all IoT technologies used in industrial sectors as IIoT. This precisely indicates that … Read more
Industrial Internet of Things – the cornerstone of smart manufacturing. 【Smart Things AI, Automotive Technology Editor/Recruitment of Journalists and Interns，Join us to see the future！Send your resume [email protected]，For job details, reply with“Recruitment”or checkthe original link】 Compiled by Smart Things | Fourteen The Internet of Things (IoT) has entered a new stage of deep integration with … Read more
With edge computing, various issues arising from the overly centralized data processing model of cloud computing in digital transformation are easily resolved. Decentralized technologies such as edge computing and boundary-less communication will play a key role in the upgrading of digital transformation. Image/China News Network Written by | Liu Honglun Since the birth of computers, … Read more
What is Modbus Modbus is a serial communication protocol originally developed by Modicon (now Schneider Electric) in 1979 for communication between programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The Modbus protocol is designed to be simple, easy to deploy and maintain, and due to its openness and lack of copyright requirements, it is widely used in the industrial … Read more
Contemporary philosopher J.E. Dinger once said, “Fate is not a matter of chance, but of choice.” For Chinese enterprises in the context of the high integration of global manufacturing and information technology, choosing a communication technology that is easy to implement, high-performance, quick to respond, and low-cost has become crucial in determining a company’s fate. … Read more
Exciting content The various “Industry 4.0” application cases boasted by domestic media do not show any substantial innovation compared to the theory mentioned in the 1993 book “Mass Customization: The New Frontier of Competitive Advantage” and do not go beyond the scope of CIMS and the integration of IT and industrialization. What is the essence … Read more