Beyond the Buzz: Walker Reynolds on Realities of Industry 4.0, Digital Transformation & What's Next

Описание: In this interview, Walker Reynolds reviews how he became interested in Digital Transformation/Industry 4.0, how he learned the ins and outs of these transformative technologies and what he sees happening in the future as manufacturing evolves from Industry 3.0 to 4.0 and how AI and other nascent technologies will help companies transform into Industry 5.0. Fascinating insights. Enjoy.

In this video Walker recommended that everyone interested in learning more and keeping up with what the industry, Intellic Integration and 4.0 Solutions are doing, should go to the IIoT University Discord site at:
https://www.iiot.university/discord

To see Walker's viral videos go to:
   / @4.0solutions  

Walker will be presenting at our 1st Thursday IoT Happy Hour Meetup (hybrid) in the evening of April 4, 2024. For details go to:
https://www.meetup.com/iottexas/event...

The recording of this presentation will be posted on the IoT and Beyond YouTube channel a few days later (earlier videos of IoT technologists/entrepreneurs/business execs are posted there as well):
   / @iotandbeyond  

Here are some of the questions that Walker addressed in this interview:

• Walker, could you tell us about the pivotal moments led you to where you are now in the IoT industry?

• Tell us about the time you went viral. (Accidental YouTube video titled: “IIoT & Industry 4.0 RANT by Walker Reynolds”)
· Would you say this was your initiation into transformative leadership?

• What’s coming… Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT):
· For our listeners who may not be familiar, can you give us an overview of what is the present state of manufacturing… or as it’s commonly called “Industry 3.0”?
· How must companies digitally transform into Industry 4.0 to be able to survive?
· (This is a huge topic and your YouTube videos go into much more detail than we may have time for you to explain here but if you could, give us some key points and highlights to consider.)
· In your explanation, please describe and define some of the terms that are key to your concepts/processes such as:
· Digital Transformation
· Industry 4.0
· Industrial Internet of Things
· Unified Namespace
· OT-IT Convergence
· Industry 3.0 technology stack (Cloud, ERP, MES, SCADA, PLC/HMI)
· Single Source of Truth (SST)
· Data vs Information
· Digital factory

• How will Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, AI-driven robotics, ChatGPT and other cutting edge technologies be applied to this digital transformation in the future?

· Will this be considered Industry 5.0?