March 24, 2021

Jacob Chapman, Grantek’s Director Industrial IT & Cybersecurity, wrote an article for the Spring 2021 issue of USNC Current. USNC Current is a newsletter published by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) each quarter. Jacob’s article tackles the role Industrial IT infrastructure plays in the Digital Transformation of the manufacturing industry.

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“To win the game 20 years ago, a manufacturer needed to increase output and efficiency through automation. But now that’s just a basic requirement to play. Since the 21st century the name of the game has become real-time optimization throughout the entire supply chain by having systems that report real-time logistics and production data to business-level systems in order for the business to make strategic and operational decisions based on real-time conditions. These systems come in the form of OEE, SPC, MES, Sensor-to-Cloud (IoT), and other systems. That is what the fourth Industrial Revolution is about, that is what Digital Transformation describes, and it’s the biggest challenge that manufacturers face today”
– Jacob Chapman in USNC Current, Spring 2021

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