Industrial IoT (IIoT) is the use of network-connected sensors and other monitoring devices to improve the manufacturing and quality of an organization’s products and product parts. IIoT devices are used primarily for insights on machine health, causes for defective parts, and general data collection.
While having data can lead to improvements throughout the process, the amount of data, in addition to the time and resources it takes to process and analyze it, is considerable. IIoT is still an emerging field with certain manufacturers hoping it gains greater adoption in coming years. The delays are due in part to the longevity of non-network enabled manufacturing machines, and the cost of replacing them.
