The buzz: “As the Internet of Things creates a fourth industrial revolution, smart manufacturing is making waves across all industries” (www.iottechexpo.com/2016/10/industry/top-4-trends-in-iot-for-smart-manufacturing). The Internet of Things, plus Blockchain, Machine Learning, AI, is giving manufacturers exciting opportunities for digital transformation. By automating manufacturing and connecting things with people and processes to collect and exchange data, the IoT is improving the speed, efficiency and quality in how goods are made, distributed, serviced and refined. It is also facilitating
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