Industry IoT Consortium

Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a system to execute, monitor, track and report operations on the plant floor in real time. Industry 4.0 is billed to lead the digitization of manufacturing and production processes.The analysis in this blog is focused on a plant floor of an automotive industry. ISA 95 activity model has been utilized as baseline for this study and as per ISA-95 activity model MES has been classified into four functions; Production, Quality, Inventory and Maintenance.... Read more →

What are the economics behind the emerging market for fog computing? Fog computing enables advanced digital deployments in AI, IoT and 5G, and also creates new business models from new services. Yet there are additional economic factors at stake. In this article, we take a look at the network economics pricing policies and incentive mechanisms for networked or computing systems.... Read more →

Technology, in its many forms, including small fast inexpensive processors, dynamic wireless communications, sensors for anything and everything, robust cloud systems, and dynamic edge computing is enabling an unprecedented level of connected (IoT) product development.You just have to look around to see the pace picking up. The IIC and EdgeX Foundry have established a liaison agreement help leverage individual successes and to amplify impact and drive exponential growth of the Internet of Things.... Read more →

As awareness surrounding Internet of Things (IoT) standardization continues to grow, more eyes are being drawn to interoperability and network infrastructure solutions. In working together to help drive industry awareness surrounding the benefits of TSN, Avnu and IIC hope to maximize industry interoperability between IIoT systems, while increasing portability, security and privacy for the industrial Internet now, and into the future.... Read more →

Factory 4.0 is a game changer and will be upon us within next 20 years. MES 4.0 is a concept of developing a smart factory by integrating PQIM pillars through smart objects for providing smart processes. MES and internet of things can open new possibilities in the factory processes; empowering the management and control of processes in detail, improving accuracy of planning with real time data and eliminating pervasive faults across the manufacturing value chain.... Read more →

Join us in Barcelona on October 3-5, 2017 for IOTSWC, the leading global industry #IoT event. At our pavilion, you'll meet innovator-members and thought leaders, experience featured demos and see testbeds that transform abstract theory into hands-on applications.... Read more →

With the rapid growth of the Industrial IIoT and the wide diversity of stakeholders and industries involved, “getting on the same page” has become more difficult, yet more important than ever. The IIC Industrial Internet Vocabulary Technical Report v2.0 ensures all IIoT stakeholders are speaking the same language, avoiding what would otherwise be an IIoT ‘Tower of Babel.’”... Read more →

The U.S. technology and manufacturing industries are in serious need of increased rigor for Internet of Things (IoT) device security. Thankfully, the U.S. Senate is starting to pay attention in the form of the recently introduced Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act. Additionally, there are many industry groups, such as the Industrial Internet Consortium, that are producing robust frameworks for IoT security. The federal government is looking towards these expert groups to contribute to this and other efforts surrounding federal IoT regulations. ... Read more →

According to the FAA, last year more than 670,000 drones were registered in the U.S. alone. Drones – also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – are poised to transform key industries by providing cost-effective new services. While drones are really cool, so are all the ground support elements and software algorithms needed to make the operation of a large fleet safe and efficient. Many of these elements require local intelligence. That’s where fog computing and fog networking come in.... Read more →

As vendors and systems integrators, we love to hear when our target buyers are interested. Especially when we think they should be – all the time! However, unless being noticed is the ultimate outcome, “interested” doesn’t pay the bills.With IoT, there are many “interesting” things we can do, but as organizations with finite resources, our intent is to move beyond “interested” and create products our target buyers “want” or maybe “need.”... Read more →