Moving beyond the hype and buzzwords, an integrator brings knowledge of many different products and industrial sectors to help get the most value from your digital transformation.<\/p>\n
Given that I am in charge of marketing and communications for a system integrator, it might seem trivial and obvious that I would want to write about why the manufacturing world needs system integrators<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I have been working in this sector for about a year and a half. Since my first day on the job, I\u2019ve been bombarded with terms like Industry 4.0, super and hyper-amortization, Factory 4.0, virtual factory and more. At first, it seemed easy to deal with communications in this area: It\u2019s a hot topic, everyone\u2019s talking about it, it\u2019s in fashion and\u2014a non-trivial matter\u2014there\u2019s government funding for it. Someone might say: \u201cFantastic, the state is already marketing for you; at least half of the work is already done.\u201d<\/p>\n I feel like I am living through a similar situation with Industry 4.0, albeit now in an industrial manufacturing context. Workers and job seekers face a continuous need to educate and train themselves to be competitive and to increase the value of their activities. And companies must adopt the new technologies in order to be prepared to face the inevitable changes in the market\u2014or maybe even lead the way. This is what Industry 4.0 talks about: the digital transformation of the factory through the Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality, predictive analytics, control, Big Data and much more.<\/p>\n We are talking, instead, about corporate reorganization<\/strong>\u2014involvement at all levels of the enterprise, from production to management. We are talking about new approaches, the evolution of the factory and the way we work inside the company<\/strong>.<\/p>\n