From glorious hype to essential talking point in less than two years — that’s where the Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) is today. Every manufacturing executive should now have Digital Transformation near the top of his/her strategic to-do list.

Read this spotlight to learn:

• How manufacturing operations management (MOM) or the manufacturing execution system (MES) are key enablers of data management and Digital Transformation
• Why product lifecycle management (PLM) is a high-value discipline to pair with MOM in discrete manufacturing
• How robust integration of MOM and PLM technologies and the advent of the Digital Twin can demonstrate maturity in Smart Manufacturing and enable smart products in smart factories.