Fast-Track Your Industrial Digital Transformation

by Georganne Benesch, insight.tech

In a volatile and highly competitive global market, digital transformation is the holy grail for industrial organizations. To gain an edge, manufacturers deploy the latest Industry 4.0 technologies like AI and computer vision to become more agile, reduce operating costs, secure their business, and grow revenue.

But this path toward industrial digital transformation comes with many hurdles: an aging workforce and skills gap, growing cybersecurity risks, OT and IT silos, and the complexities of harnessing widespread data. Business leaders are tasked with figuring out how they can leverage the technology and overcome these challenges—and where they should even begin. Engaging with a partner like global technology solution provider World Wide Technology (WWT)—with its deep expertise in both industrial markets and technologies—is a great place to start.

"We can work with clients to find and identify the quantitative and qualitative digital transformation challenges that are impacting their businesses. We look at the biggest opportunities to mitigate risk, decrease costs, increase margins, and grow revenue," says Mike Trojecki, Senior Director, AI Practice at WWT.

According to Trojecki, industrial digital transformation is more than just deploying technologies like AI and computer vision. You must address internal cultural issues as well. "It's the age-old question of IT looking at the OT people and thinking that they don't understand the technology challenges from an IT standpoint," he explains. "And then you have the OT people who look at IT as an inhibitor to getting their work done."

With WWT's 30+ year history in both on-the-floor plant experience and working with IT organizations, the company can not only help companies overcome challenges but also serve as a conduit between IT and OT, helping companies bridge that gap. It may be as simple as an educational undertaking or a full end-to-end POC to take the necessary steps in moving from point A to point B.

Overcome Business Challenges with Industry 4.0 Technologies

When WWT looks at a client's overall processes, it can map the technologies and solutions that solve key business challenges.