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IoT
White Paper Offers Roadmap to Adopting Industry 4.0
steps for successful business outcomes. • Credits toward onboarding and mon- itoring industrial assets on Google Cloud IoT Platform using relayr’s device-man-
Bosch Rexroth unveiled a detailed guide
to adopting Industry 4.0 while avoiding a
negative impact on current production. The
report, A Practical Roadmap for the Imple-
mentation of Industry 4.0, argues that Indus-
try 4.0 is an evolution, not a revolution, and
includes practical suggestions for a three-
step approach, supporting the steady imple-
mentation of connected manufacturing technologies, bolting sensors and hardware to existing production infrastructure.
agement and middleware software.
• Web-based training for relayr’s IIoT solution on Google Cloud Platform to help accelerate implementation of vertical
Andrew Minturn, business development and strategic product manager for Bosch Rexroth who helped author the report, says, “Industry 4.0 isn’t going to be a sudden change—it’s gradual but it is happening now. The ultimate step will be the complete evolution of the supply chain, from the subcontractor to the end user. Everyone will need to get involved.” Download white paper: bit.ly/RexrothIndustry4WP.
ing and production rollout to ensure that solutions are ready for market deployment. “Google is a strategic partner for relayr and this has been showcased through our joint success with real industrial customers,” says Guneet Bedi, vice president sales and general manager Americas, relayr. “We hope that this initial momentum and the launch of the kick-start program will allow for even more industrial companies to reach their potential with relayr’s full-spectrum
Increasing Smart-Factory Productivity
Simio LLC, a Pittsburgh, PA-based provider of simulation and scheduling software, has announced its collaboration with Chicago, IL-based Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), a research institute for applying cutting-edge digital technologies. Led by UI Labs, a university and industry collaboration, the DMDII network includes 14 institutes, each focusing on a specific area of technology with their vision being to fully develop and demonstrate each area before commercial deployment. Giving companies of all sizes a front row seat to see these new developments in action, the DMDII allows them to discover answers to their manufacturing problems through technology that is available today rather than in the distant future.
approach for IoT implementation.”
Simio says that manufacturers using its simulation and scheduling software to analyze real-world conditions at every stage of the production process consider it an effective tool that helps facilitate Industry 4.0.
Simio LLC: www.simio.com
One such example of a company ben- efiting from the Google/relayr partnership is Aluvation, a heattreatment company in Paderborn, Germany. Relayr’s IoT plat- form-connected heattreatment modules from Aluvation take only a few days to install, versus the six to 12 months for installing heattreatment production lines. The modules start producing hardened components in a pay-as-you-go “heat- treatment as a service” business model, a disruptive departure from how industrial devices are managed and monetized.
Kick-Start Program to Aid IIoT Startups
Google, the Menlo Park, CA-based provider of Internet-related services and products, and San Jose, CA-based relayr, provider of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions, have announced a kick-start program for IIoT startups and small to mid-sized industrial organizations that manufacture, operate and service industrial equipment, such as pumps, motors, elevators and appliances. With access to relayr’s offerings, ranging from technology and insurance to finance solutions, the kick-start program helps companies transition from capital expenditures to operating expenses, as well as reach target business goals such as equipment uptime, service-level agreements and uptime guarantee-based models.
“The compelling IoT connectivity of our microfactories that relayr provides via the Google Cloud Platform is a crucial part of our business model,” says Markus Belte, CEO and founder, Aluvation. “The relayr solution not only enables basic tracking functions, it also provides sophisticated predictive maintenance, allowing us to pro- vide uptime guarantees to our clients, remote monitoring and adjustment of the production process from our central tech- nology center, and the new business concept of aluminum heattreatment as a service.”
“We are excited to partner with relayr to help industrial companies identify precise business parameters that can be optimized by using IoT,” says Antony Passemard, head of product management, Google Cloud IoT. “By offering credit for Google Cloud IoT Platform and relayr’s wealth of experience and technology solutions, we can help small and mid-sized companies set clear ROI and business objectives prior to imple- mentation. We believe that this business outcome-focused kick-start program will enable industrial customers to confidently invest in their digital migration; and leverage the services provided by relayr and Google for financial success now and in the future.”
For more information on Google and relayr’s work with Aluvation, visit relayr.io/Alu- vation. For more information on the kick- start program, visit relayr.io/contact.
The kick-start program offers:
• Access to relayr’s advisory services for determining ROI on IoT investments and next
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• Optional professional services for scal-
Disruptive Departure