What Is a Smart Factory?

Emergent Insight: This post from Megan Nichols at iotforall.com is an excellent introduction to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Present day IIoT gives us an idea of what the factories of the future will look like. The production will be quick, efficient, nearly error-free and run 24/7. There will be little human involvement as factories fueled by data and artificial intelligence will take on the mundane, repetitive tasks of manufacturing. These tasks are also often very complex and even dangerous.