12 | Plant & Works Engineering www.pwemag.co.uk April/May 2023 Insight – Talking Industry Review According to a poll conducted amongst the audience during the event, which asked, “do the green shoots emerging on the foliage outside the studio match those of IIoT in UK manufacturing?”, the answer is: yes and no. Only 10% judge themselves to be at an advanced level, while the remaining 90% were approximately equally divided amongst “Not sure where to start”, “At the start”, and “Midway on the journey”. On the panel on this occasion were: Jean-Paul Verheylewegen, Global Sales Manager, MB Connect Line (the IT security company acquired by Red Lion Controls in 2022) Chris Barlow, Sales & Marketing Director, Novotek Alejandra Matamoros, Technology Manager, Manufacturing Technology Centre Luke Walsh, Managing Director, Brainboxes Digitalisation is a journey, so to start with, keep it simple, start small, then scale up. We look at the how to get people and technology on the right road. Leading off, Jean-Paul highlighted the maxim of starting with small pilot projects, whilst having an holistic vision in mind Talking Industry: IIOT, digitalisation & Industrial Communications - smart steps to an AI future? Talking Industry Digitalisation and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) represents the next level of industrial automation. Consultant editor at DFA and chair Andy Pye summarises some of the discussions from the recent Talking Industry episode.
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