siliconindia | | June - July 20194C O NT E N T SPage 14-2410CXOINSIGHTS1. What are the benefits of cloud com-puting for the manufacturing andsupply chain industry, and how hasyour company embraced it?In this era of Industry 4.0, the need forhigher efficiencies both on the shopfloor & in the enterprise, along withthe emergence of highly competitive,globally distributed, multi-partner ecosystems has driven manufactur-ing & supply chains to adopt cloudcomputing as the primary driver forthis transformation. The manufactur-ing side requires analytics at scale as well as Industrial IOT, which are nat-ural candidates for cloud computing. In fact, without cloud computing, it would be difficult to envisage manu-facturers being able use many forms of new production systems, from 3D printing and high-performance com-puting (HPC) to the Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial robots.Similarly, supply chains that are global in nature benefit from the ubiquitous connectiv-ity of cloud. A global supply chain also ensures a highly agile and responsive ecosystem; the intelligence of cloud systems enable adjustability to market volatility, and to scalability needs. In summation, cloud computing is help-ing manufacturers innovate, reduce costs, and increase their competi-tiveness. In an interesting way, cloud computing democratizes access to and use of the latest technologies which has a direct outcome of reducing entry barriers for newer players, thereby in-creasing competition!EMBRACING CLOUD FOR BUSINESS OPTIMIZATIONBy Venkat Nandikolla, Global Head of Manufacturing, Mindtree28Nitesh Kumar, Head of Data Science, AffirmDr. Anand S. Rao, Global AI Leader, PwC25Enterprise AI: How to Meet the ChallengesVENDORSApp OrchidApp OrchidTHE SUBCONSCIOUS SPECIALISTSKrishna Kumar, Founder and CEO
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