Table of Contents Trend #1: Connectivity Technologies WIRED IIOT SOLUTIONS WIRELESS IIOT SOLUTIONS Trend #2: Predictive Maintenance and Analytics Trend #3: Automated Quality Assurance Trend #4: Edge Computing Trend #5: Location Tracking Trend #6: Energy Optimization The Future of IoT in Manufacturing Reviewed by Anton Logvinenko, Web Team Leader at MobiDev The Internet of Things (IoT), is all about connecting devices into networks that work together. This follows a shift in design from monolithic machines to segmented ones. In other words, IoT is all about micro processing and splitting larger systems into various smaller ones. By doing this, managing the network, upgrading it, and maintaining it become substantially easier. In manufacturing contexts, industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is important for a number of reasons. One of the most important is IoT analytics. Manufacturers need data to understand what the status of their performance is and what’s slowing them down. From there, they can make decisions to improve the e?ciency of their business. This process can even be automated by combining IIoT systems with arti?cial intelligence. 1However, it’s important