Video: Smart Technology Improves Efficiency in the Food & Beverage Industry

In the food industry, manufacturers are embracing the IIoT as a way to trace products along thei supply chain journey, monitor equipment and follow operations in real time. The food industry has been slower than other manufacturing industries to adopt the IIoT because of perceived obstacles.

Here are themes and trends that progressive manufacturing leaders are evaluating in the industry.

According to Statista the global manufacturing industry is set to spend over $890 billion for IoT technologies by 2020. However, despite this huge growth in the applications of said technologies, there are still challenges that prevent their adoption on a mass scale.