ITC Infotech’s Industry 4.0 solution SPECTRUM for Smart Manufacturing powered by Azure IOT promises to meet the end-to-end requirements of manufacturers to navigate their Industry 4.0 journey.

It begins with an Industry 4.0 assessment which will help to determine the current maturity level of the plant and bottlenecks present. The outcome of the assessment will be a prioritized list of use cases that will help elevate the maturity level of the plant. SPECTRUM comprises of pre-built accelerators for prominent use cases that help accelerate the organization’s Industry 4.0 transformation journey. Following are the solution components of SPECTRUM:

· Pre-defined reference Manufacturing Data Model to address the need to share heterogeneous data of the manufacturing domain

· IoT Gateway Framework for insights and decision @Edge leveraging analytics @Edge - Worker Safety, Quality Inspection

· Industry business apps – Real-time performance monitoring, Asset Condition Monitoring, Yield Optimization, Asset Predictive Maintenance, Energy Monitoring & Efficiency Improvement

· Solution rollout toolkit for accelerated deployment of solution at scale across multiple plants and geographies

Personas SPECTRUM caters to: Vice President – Manufacturing, Plant Manager, Shift Supervisor, Maintenance Engineer, Quality Control Manager, and Production Scheduler

Key Differentiators:

· Business-friendly solution: Pre-built accelerators leveraging deep industry knowledge driven by persona providing an enhanced end-user experience

· Cloud-native solution: Lower total cost of ownership with scale and higher availability

· OT Secure: Security integral part of the solution from ‘Devices to Decision’ workflow

· Business outcome-driven: Delivers key business using outcome linked pricing model tied to measurable improvement in business KPI

SPECTRUM solution is built on Microsoft services and solutions like Azure IoT Hub, Azure functions, Azure Digital Twin, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, and other Microsoft clouds. Deliverables: Week 1-2 Consulting-led Assessment - Business Requirements document for identified Industry 4.0 use cases; Weeks 3-4 : Solution Design & Gap Analysis - Design Document; Weeks 5-8 : Customization & Implementation - Unit Test Cases; Week 9 : UAT - Executed Test Cases; Week 10 : Go-Live - User Training