Smart manufacturing is now a competitive must: 86% of manufacturers say smart factories will drive advantage within five years, and 70% already use analytics/cloud. Yet many stall in “pilot purgatory.” Success requires: robust, scalable connectivity first; thinking big enough to realize ROI; treating transformation as a marathon; breaking organizational silos; deliberate IT/OT convergence; designing security in from day one; sharing standardized data across sites; and choosing fewer, right-fit partners. Start by hardening networks, aligning stakeholders, defining enterprise use cases, and scaling wins—turning isolated pilots into an end-to-end digital enterprise.

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