幾年前，物聯網的技術發(fā)展激起了工業(yè)巨頭們的極大興趣——把智能傳感器、網絡和大數據技術整合在一起，這當然是可行的；但是物聯網真正的潛力、實施和應用情形尚不明確，人們只是熱衷于討論物聯網什么時候才能真正地投入于企業(yè)發(fā)展。但僅僅幾年時間，很多走在前面的制造商在生產實踐中，已經大規(guī)模采用物聯網，物聯網正在悄悄而穩(wěn)步地重塑現代制造業(yè)生產過程。
At this stage, iot technology is applied to industrial machinery equipment operation management. The enterprise can get real-time data streams about device performance, workload, pressure and many other important variables in real time through the Internet of things. Analyze these data to understand and predict when mechanical equipment needs to be maintained.
航空和化學等行業(yè)的應用案例就是物聯網實際應用的有益嘗試。物聯網應用的路線圖也因為這些案例初步形成。它通常從企業(yè)資產管理（EAM，Enterprise Asset Management）開始，并且沿著可見性和自動化這條線繼續(xù)延伸——智能制造業(yè)的未來由此將更具革命性。
At this stage, iot technology is applied to industrial machinery equipment operation management. The enterprise can get real-time data streams about device performance, workload, pressure and many other important variables in real time through the Internet of things. Analyze these data to understand and predict when mechanical equipment needs to be maintained.
雖然制造業(yè)巨頭們采用不同的方法來實驗和部署物聯網，但業(yè)界公認物聯網走向成熟的歷程大致需要經過四個階段：
企業(yè)資產運行管理階段
這一階段，是把物聯網技術應用于工業(yè)機械設備運行管理中。企業(yè)可以通過物聯網實時獲得有關設備性能、工作負載、壓力和許多其他重要變量的實時數據流。分析這些數據了解和預測機械設備何時需要進行維護?？梢园褜е略O備故障的因素（包括天氣和溫度等外部因素）關聯起來，從而主動安排維護，以避免出現高成本的故障風險。
At this stage, iot technology is applied to industrial machinery equipment operation management. The enterprise can get real-time data streams about device performance, workload, pressure and many other important variables in real time through the Internet of things. Analyze these data to understand and predict when mechanical equipment needs to be maintained.
很多制造企業(yè)都可以參考這樣的成功應用案例。Infor EAM 是市場上可配置性最佳的企業(yè)級資產運行管理解決方案。它通過增加可靠性、加強預測性維護、降低能源消耗以及支持可持續(xù)發(fā)展計劃等方式，讓企業(yè)能夠改善資本資產運行管理。
At this stage, iot technology is applied to industrial machinery equipment operation management. The enterprise can get real-time data streams about device performance, workload, pressure and many other important variables in real time through the Internet of things. Analyze these data to understand and predict when mechanical equipment needs to be maintained.
一旦把物聯網技術納入企業(yè)資產管理EAM，從而實現更高目標，制造商就可以從容回答以下問題：哪些設備在不久的將來最有可能需要維護？如何調整工作負載以優(yōu)化產出，同時減小壓力？哪些外部因素是導致失敗的主要原因，怎樣才能更好地控制它們？
At this stage, iot technology is applied to industrial machinery equipment operation management. The enterprise can get real-time data streams about device performance, workload, pressure and many other important variables in real time through the Internet of things. Analyze these data to understand and predict when mechanical equipment needs to be maintained.
資產績效優(yōu)化階段
在接下來更激烈的企業(yè)競爭中，企業(yè)資產績效管理的優(yōu)化會進一步推進。物聯網的作用不僅能防止故障出現，而且還能確保提高產出。使用物聯網實現可持續(xù)銷售，企業(yè)將能夠創(chuàng)造新的商業(yè)模式——簽訂能夠確保其產業(yè)資產實現高效增長的合同。
At this stage, iot technology is applied to industrial machinery equipment operation management. The enterprise can get real-time data streams about device performance, workload, pressure and many other important variables in real time through the Internet of things. Analyze these data to understand and predict when mechanical equipment needs to be maintained.
舉例：消費者的汽車輪胎會因為很多原因導致磨損，使用物聯網技術會自動檢查并上傳輪胎磨損的痕跡，而汽車廠商會通過采用Infor的產品生命周期管理軟件（PLM）跟蹤及時傳回的信息進行更換等增值服務。如果執(zhí)行良好，這對于廠商、車主都是雙贏的。
制造商可以使用物聯網及Infor的產品生命周期管理軟件（PLM）來增加新的收入來源，為他們的投資帶來切實的回報。盈利是最終的關鍵指標，物聯網帶來的績效將直接與成本節(jié)約和效率相關聯。
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