HomeJohn ClemonsDirector of Manufacturing IT for Maverick TechnologiesIIoTThe Challenges of Smart ManufacturingThe Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association aims to address some of the problem areas of smart manufacturing—such as implementation, fitting different technologies together, and achieving full benefits—through their new comprehensive model.OEESmart Manufacturing and the Need for SpeedEverything about smart manufacturing is related to data. It is the spark to the smart technologies’ accelerant. The Internet of Things, Big Data, analytics, and the cloud give people and machines faster access to the data they need to run their business bMobilityFour Smart Manufacturing Principles Deliver Business ResultsGetting significant results in the manufacturing industry can be difficult, but these four principles can ensure that a company can really deliver bottom-line results.IIoTPutting Smart Manufacturing Into Strategic PerspectiveThough it might seem trivial what you call it—smart manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things, digital manufacturing, etc.—or how you position it, it’s important to decide how the technologies and terms fit together.