Internet of Things at General Motors (GE): The term internet of things has been trending in the future technology prospects. There is an ocean of applications to this concept and also benefits the industries, by optimizing the processes, and saves a lot of money. One of the extensions to IoT(internet of things) is Industrial Internet (II).
So the main feature of industrial internet is that machines are made intelligent enabling optimization, coordination and control. We can say that Industrial Internet basically has its applications in the Industrial machinery side which includes the 'brownfield' infrastructure like commercial boilers, and other huge machinery. Industrial Internet was implemented and …show more content…
The top MNC’s have been using the II platform for several applications. Let us consider Cisco. Cisco began its foundation on networking and then later started looking on to IoT. Cisco recently turned towards using Industrial Internet for its operations. The main initiative was to combine the core competency and the operational technology. The practice included the use of a smart manufacturing system that required an IP-centric network which will enable various devices within a plant to coordinate and communicate with the enterprise business and operational systems. Soon, Cisco will be combining both national and international standards for IoT and II as a part of IIC, targeting to advancement in Cisco Industrial Smart Solutions (CISS). The main objective of Cisco is to attain the infrastructure capabilities across wireless, networking, security, compute and communications to keep supporting the present and future needs of both the IT and operational technology in an integrated and reliable platform. The achievements of Cisco have been just not with CISS and connected factory. They have already helped GE to achieve a whooping 166% ROI by using standardized operations. Also, they have helped Emirates Aluminum to optimize their plant production and to use the current networking technology to improvise and accelerate the Anglo Platinum