Industry 4.0 as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development

Digital transformation is not an easy path to take and may often seem intimidating to those who have complex use cases in their organizations, making the process difficult. The trial and error methods of adopting smart manufacturing for the traditional manufacturers has unveiled the secret sauce for success, which is to implement the complex use cases in smaller chunks to make the bigger leap. When one is able to conquer the skill of implementation of smaller applications, a strong foundation is built for the implementation of complex functionalities of the same application. Some of the very common use cases may include data integrity and monitoring system availability. Data integrity acts as a good starting point for any edge platform as it ensures that the data is being captured effectively and accurately. Monitoring the time duration for which the system is available, is under sleep time, or has been shut down is also a necessary use case that is implemented in most of the In...

  The manufacturing industry has been faced with numerous challenges. Some of these issues may include the lack of sufficient capital expenditure for smaller firms, lack of IT skillsets, security of data, ability to scale the operations, and many more. Due to these challenges, some of the manufacturers may take a step back while taking up digital transformation in their business. To help resolve the complexities of Industry 4.0 led operations, Solulever , a Dutch technology start-up has launched its unique Edge platform, named as Brabo. Brabo , a state-of-the-art Industry 4.0 platform provides OT-IT connectivity at a large scale for most of the manufacturers of all sizes. It eliminates the various integration challenges, especially the OT connectivity issues that are mostly underestimated alongside providing careful orchestration to avoid data gaps. Through this manufacturing connectivity and intelligence platform , OT integration is given prioritization over IOT to leverage exis...

  In the age of connected devices, the quest for efficient energy consumption has peaked more than ever. Various industries attempt to make their existing operations more sustainable to prevent the planet from further damage. It is especially true in the case of the manufacturing sector as it has now reached an undeniable inflection point of being transformed by the fourth industrial revolution. The move towards digital transformation requires the existing manufacturers to rely heavily on smart devices, equipment, cloud computing, IoT, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and many more, which collectively consume vast amounts of energy. For this reason, energy efficiency is forming the core of Industry 4.0 operations. According to US Energy Information Administration, industrial energy usage in Europe accounts for 26% of overall energy consumption. At the same time, the industrial sector in the United States accounts for roughly 32% of the country's overall energy consumpti...