Smart manufacturing has a byproduct.
It's called profit.

No matter what you make, connected manufacturing is the new gold standard for plant efficiency and increased productivity. Connected manufacturing provides the visibility that allows you to discover equipment failure. Think of it as Industry 4.0-a digital revolution that's empowering plant managers to take advantage of edge analytics to monitor manufacturing operations in real-time and maximize plant uptime.

Companies are under pressure to stay competitive, and often the question is how to take products to the next level. But some of today's biggest opportunities aren't about products-they're about enhancing customer experience. This is where knowing how to leverage Big Data is essential, with a connected, dynamic supply chain that allows you to respond better to customers with 24/7 insight into inventory, and other variables, and to take real-time actions to minimize supply chain disruptions.

Your supply chain is the lifeblood of your business. Its enemy? Disruptions and delays. Smart manufacturers are turning to Big Data solutions to ensure their supply chains are fully functional and optimized end-to-end. Hortonworks is making it easy for companies to leverage real-time data sources such as sensors, GPS, RFID, and clickstream with a modern data architecture that offers machine learning capabilities and the breadth of open source to power expanded analytic capabilities.