White Paper: A Software-Defined Industrial World: Using APIs and Microservices to Enable Industry 4.0

Intellyx Whitepaper by Charles Araujo for Built.io (now SoftwareAG)

Industry 4.0 is moving from hype to reality. Industrial and manufacturing organizations — and those that serve them — understand that it’s happening. But exactly what it all means and how it will all play out is not as clear.

What is clear is that those organizations that figure it out first — and deliver a meaningful edge to their customers, as a result — will win. But as with any emerging technology domain, there are a lot of moving parts and countless bets to place.

The rapid evolution of Industry 4.0, however, is already pointing to two critical elements that will be drivers of differentiation, adoption, and acceleration: data and integration.

Those organizations that can harness the power of data and integration most rapidly and effectively to power their Industry 4.0 efforts will win — and the keys to harnessing that power will be APIs and microservices.

Industry 4.0: From Hype to Reality

The strategic drivers behind the Industry 4.0 movement are clear. Organizations must break down the barriers that separate their operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) silos, creating an integrated data platform.

They need to enable business-to-business, machine-to-machine and person-to-machine interactions — in real time. And they need to create an environment in which data flows freely among all aspects of their business.

The advantages to those organizations that can successfully implement Industry 4.0 are just as clear. They will realize distinct advantages in increasingly competitive markets that pressure them to simultaneously drive down costs and increase speed-to-market.

Progressive organizations understand that they can only meet these competing demands by leveraging highly integrated data throughout their supply chain and operating model to increase quality, improve responsiveness, grow production capacity and improve operating efficiency.

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As of the time of writing, Built.io is an Intellyx customer. None of the other organizations mentioned in this white paper are Intellyx customers. Intellyx retains final editorial control of this paper.

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