Beyond Automation: The Industrial Internet of Things

What is IIoT• The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)• Giant network of connected things and people• Concept of connecting any device with an On-Off switch and

from there to the internet1

• A way of stitching together many different types of technologies in a specific way to do something new2

1 Jacob Morgan for Forbes May 20142Deloitte University Press

How is it being used today?• Every Day

• Smart homes – thermostats, lights, door locks, fridge• Wearables – smart watches, activity trackers• Smart cities – power metering, smart parking, waste management• Remote payment

• Industry• Supply chain – automatic restocking• Health Care• M2M – machine auto diagnosis and asset control• Air Quality – monitor toxic gas, oxygen levels, ozone levels, CO2

levels• Structural Health – conditions of bridges and buildings

What is the future of IIoTThe sky is the limit.

Our imagination and the budgetwill be the constraints.

Why embark on IIoT?• Better management and control of:• Assets• Processes• Product/Process Flow• Resources

• Decisions based on Real Time Data• Improved Cost Efficiency

What does this mean• There have been companies that have installed IoT

sensors along with predictive data analytical models and reduced their downtime by 80%• Company that has installed real time interface with

distribution and supplier systems has improved labor and equipment efficiency by XX% by assigning product manufacturing time according to real customer needs.

Where are most of us today?• We have disparate and random collection of data• Data acquired for some equipment and some

processes• Reports created on a monthly, weekly or daily basis • Maybe some capability to collect real time data

What am I missing?• A clear definition of the Critical Data needed to:• Keep my process under control• Optimize my process• Reduce downtime and major repairs

• Automation of all the equipment/processes in order to collect real time data• Software to integrate data collection, analysis with the

management system

What are the Challenges?• Retooling of the operations• Establishing the correct data to track and analyze• Storage of Data: which data, where, how much and for

how long• Security – Cyber threats

Looking to the Future• Competitiveness• Cost Efficient• Operation understanding and control• On Time Supply