Building The Future Of Industrial Automation: Four Foundations For The Data-Driven AI Era

Peter Zornio is CTO for Emerson, a Fortune 200 global technology and engineering company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Industrial automation is at a pivotal crossroads. Global manufacturers must navigate disruptive supply chains, shifting market demands and the relentless pace of technological advancement. Executives are no longer asking if they should digitize, but how to leverage their investments in digital technology to transform their operations for a future where adaptability and actionable data are the new currency of competitiveness.

This is not new; "digital transformation" as a strategy has been in vogue for nearly a decade. But new architecture and software technology can remove the obstacles many have encountered as they embarked on their transformations.