Imagine for a moment that a problem has occurred on your assembly line. At one time, this event would have caused serious downtime. Today, however, it’s only a blip.
Myriad sensors and controllers monitor the line, and everything is connected to the shop-floor network and the Internet. Everyone—management, maintenance, production, planning and scheduling—has visibility into the assembly process, because they all have access to a single, synchronized software platform. As a result, the appropriate employees were instantly notified of the outage, and the problem was quickly resolved.