IDC & Equinix Manufacturing Webinar

In this session, we will look into what drives a closer collaboration of manufacturing organizations with their suppliers, logistics providers, customers and the entire value chain and what type of collaboration engagement models we currently see in the manufacturing industry. We will share insights about the increasing importance of data sharing and data exchanging in manufacturing ecosystems and will share some use cases that require data exchange and data sharing in an ecosystem and which hold significant potential to achieve benefits related to lowering costs, improving product quality, increasing customer satisfaction, speeding up time to market for product innovations or reducing downtime of production assets. We will highlight some of the major challenges related to data exchange and data sharing in manufacturing ecosystems and will conclude with our key takeaways and recommendations for manufacturing organizations.

Peter van Harten takes you on a journey on Smart Industry in the Netherlands around digital ecosystems, data sharing, platforms and Fieldlabs.   Why is it so important as a company to become smart? What can I do to stay digitally connected to my customers, suppliers and international supply chains and ecosystems?  And how does that benefit me? Can I reduce my transaction costs without losing customer contact? How do I prepare for the business models of tomorrow?  

These and many other questions will be discussed, and you will be introduced to practical examples of successful entrepreneurs, best practices in data sharing and Smart Industry Fieldlabs.

#Stay Smart Connected

Strong digital ecosystems are vital to keep manufacturers on track in these uncertain days. (Real time) data sharing among suppliers, partners, logistic providers and customers enable manufacturers to streamline their supply chain operations, implement greater customization, improve product quality, anticipate customer needs and launch new products faster to stay on the top of the game. However, traditional IT infrastructures and legacy data systems pose barriers to real-time collaboration by lack of flexibility, agility and scalability.

How do IT departments within manufacturers cope with the increasing demand of today’s world? How can they control the increasing costs of their IT infrastructure?

In this session, we will showcase how manufacturers can build a robust distributed IT infrastructure that fosters real time, low-latency and cost effective collaboration within their ecosystems. Customer cases and examples will be shared during the presentation.