Intelligent Enterprise Takes Center Stage at International Manufacturing Technology Show 2018, Chicago

Ankit Sharma
Sep 4, 2018 · 3 min read

To achieve more with less is a constant pursuit in human lives and to help in the pursuit, technology evolved as our close confidante.

It set us on a path to discovery and inventions that are constantly changing the world around us. From steam engine to electricity to computing, technology enhanced the efficiency in designing, manufacturing, and consumption of products that impact human lives.

Today, we find software chips embedded in products that not only monitor human health but also the health of the machines and ecosystem that create digitally enhanced products. It has freed time to plough back into research and creation of solutions impacting more human lives. What’s great is that technology is constantly evolving with a promise to impact more lives. One such technology evolution is the Industry 4.0.

As we look toward the future, Industry 4.0 presents a massive opportunity for discrete manufacturers to not only transform their business through digitally connected machines, processes, workforce, & consumers but to also reap significant productivity gains and business growth through automation and transformation of existing processes using IoT, Digital Twin, Robotics, AI, Machine Learning, and Blockchain.

Opportune timing, the world’s leading industrial technology show — Hannover Messe USA (HMUSA) is present in the United States for the first time at the International Manufacturing Technology Show IMTS on September 10–15, 2018 (Happy to report I’ll be available at the Digital Manufacturing exhibit at IMTS for focused conversations and showcases on SAP’s innovation for Industrial Machinery & Components vis-à-vis Industry 4.0 opportunity).

In the past few months, we have worked on combining the next-generation technologies and industry processes, the two key ingredients of an intelligent enterprise, resulting in two powerful showcases to be delivered at IMTS 2018.

First showcase is a cross-industry scenario demonstrating how production order processing, asset operations, material management, and production batch recording get more efficient using SAP Leonardo technologies of IoT, Machine Learning, and Blockchain.

The second showcase is a supply chain scenario highlighting relevance of blockchain in ocean shipping in International Trade, origin control for semiconductors, and traceability or provenance for end consumers.

Global Trade, Supply Chain

Not just this, at IMTS there are more innovations at display from SAP. It is your chance to find out what an Intelligent Manufacturing Enterprise looks like with processes augmented and transformed with new technologies coupled with industry best practices. SAP will showcase innovation in the field of engineering, manufacturing, service & supply chain; aimed at achieving strategic goals and priorities of the Industrial Manufacturers, thus paving a way to exploit the Industry 4.0 opportunity.

See how SAP is an integral part of this new world by joining me at HMUSA at IMTS 2018. To schedule a tour, please contact Norma Hopkins.

For more information or to register for the event access the website here. For context on Digital Twin technology, the journey to the cloud as a discrete manufacturer, or Industry 4.0 — access the respective links.

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