{"id":6844,"date":"2016-12-02T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6844"},"modified":"2016-11-01T07:13:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T15:13:05","slug":"industrial-internet-of-things-iiot-transforming-the-manufacturing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/industrial-internet-of-things-iiot-transforming-the-manufacturing-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): Transforming the Manufacturing Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manufacturing is in the process of being transformed by technology. \u00a0Business models are changing along with underlying business processes. \u00a0Those businesses that are able to make the change have seen average increases of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/internet-of-things-in-manufacturing-2016-10\">28.5 percent of their revenues according to TATA Consultancy<\/a>. \u00a0The Internet of Things (IoT) is having a strong influence on the direction of manufacturing, improving both the efficiency and flexibility of the manufacturing process.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.datamation.com\/data-center\/iot-to-cover-100-billion-connected-devices-by-2025.html\">Huawei estimates<\/a> that by 2025 there will be 100 billion connected devices, with the majority being on the industrial side.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_of_things#Manufacturing\"> Industrial Internet of Things<\/a> (IIoT) is being driven by four things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sensors<\/strong>. \u00a0Anything, from machines, to packages, to people can be tagged and monitored.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Internet Everywhere<\/strong>. \u00a0No matter where something is, it is able to update and stream information about itself onto the internet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advanced Hardware<\/strong>. Manufacturing techniques like 3D printing provide great flexibility and can adopt quickly to changing requirements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Analytics.<\/strong> Smart software, data processing and analytics is able to extract information and identify trends from device data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talend.com\/blogger\/ciaran-dynes\">Ciaran Dynes<\/a>, Vice President of Products at Talend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manufacturingglobal.com\/lean\/1002\/Keeping-up-with-industrial-IoT\">wrote that <\/a>&#8220;the business benefits that IIoT promises will far outweigh the challenges that may need to be overcome in order to get there. 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