Unques­tion­ably, the future of indus­tries will be much more dig­i­tal. The race for dig­i­tal suprema­cy is on. As com­pa­nies pur­sue the next hori­zon of pro­duc­tiv­i­ty gains and inno­va­tion break­throughs, indus­try 4.0 is a com­pet­i­tive dif­fer­en­tia­tor. Indus­try 4.0/Industrial Inter­net of Things (IIoT) helps cre­ate and cap­ture a dig­i­tal thread of prod­ucts and assets through­out their entire life cycle. A dig­i­tal thread of end-to-end sup­ply chain and man­u­fac­tur­ing process­es helps com­pa­nies achieve a sin­gle source of truth, while max­i­miz­ing use of tech­nol­o­gy inno­va­tions like IoT, edge and cloud com­put­ing, big data lakes, AI, sen­sors, autonomous sys­tems, and cobots towards dri­ving high-val­ue use case. 

In this ses­sion, we shall explore: 

• Overview of SAP’s Indus­try 4.0 strategy 
• Insights into strate­gies and use cas­es for cre­at­ing a dig­i­tal thread 
• Exam­ple of a dig­i­tal thread in intel­li­gent assets