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Enter
The IIoT
Your Way
Small steps can help move your operation
down the digital-transformation path.
WHILE MUCH HAS been written in recent years about the Industrial
Internet of Things (IIoT), adoption hasn't been universal or rapid. There
are many factors that go into automating and digitalizing plants that have
been around for decades and are operating on legacy equipment and an
established-though not necessarily modernized-infrastructure.
Several facilities still struggle with manually collected data, as was
recently highlighted in a survey conducted by the technology company
Plutoshift, Palo Alto, CA (plutoshift.com). The study indicated that 48% of
respondents still rely on spreadsheets or manual data-entry documents, and only 40%
said their companies collect data by way of remote sensors.

INCREMENTAL CHANGES
If the Plutoshift survey findings are reflective of the situation in your plant, there's still no need
to force a full-scale digital transformation upon it in one fell swoop. Some incremental changes
in the way things are done within the operation can go a long way toward leveraging the IIoT.
Think of these changes as "smaller steps."
 Consider data-management, -analysis, and -insight strategies. Data is the driving force in plant
operations. It's what guides decisions and lets engineers and technicians know when processes are not running optimally. Using spreadsheets or other manual tracking systems, however, is not an efficient or effective method to
achieve process optimization.
The time lost between information gathering and actionable insights can mean that a process is so far out of
alignment that the only solution for fixing it is a shutdown. Shutdowns, for whatever reason, are always expensive
and something that plant managers seek to avoid while still maintaining safety and regulatory standards.

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