Answer, it’s both.

Manufacturing is plowing full-speed ahead into the siren-like song of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Imagine real-time data streamed from the factory floor, providing instant insight on individual items on production runs, maintenance issues, and worker productivity.  Figures like 70 percent reduction in equipment failures, 30 percent reduction in maintenance costs are bandied about while streams of data are fed into the factory ERP solution; trimming labor and materials costs.

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