This presentation was originally given at an EDIFICE plenary in Brussels in May 2014. EDIFICE is a European based industry association driving B2B standards across the high tech industry. The presentation discussed digital disruption and how the Internet of Things is likely to impact future design of B2B platforms and global supply chains. - Updated March 2015
Over the past three years, CIOs have had to embrace cloud, mobile and big data but now there is much more digital information coming from a variety of sources.
We have a number of different networks, shown in red, connected to these are devices and machines shown in orange and finally in blue we have structured and unstructured information coming off of these connected devices that will need managing in the future as well.
Taking a few of the more popular technologies:
Wearable devices - Devices such as Google Glass will transform how digital information is accessed & shared across the enterprise allowing
3D Printing - 3D Printers will manufacture parts on demand and contribute towards the introduction of the ‘zero length’ supply chains
Advanced Robotics - Next generation advanced robotics will work side by side with human operatives, helping to automate more production processes
Drone Logistics - Drone aircraft will transform the delivery of parts/finished goods to customers across short distance logistics networks
Internet of Things - Introduction of more connected IoT devices /equipment will allow manufacturers to develop more responsive supply chain networks
Future EIM platforms will need to embrace these technologies.
So during this session we have discussed EIM , B2B and the IoT, but what does it all look like on one slide.
Well first we have the traditional space that OpenText has served very well for many years and with the acquisition of GXS and before that EasyLink we can now offer external connectivity across the extended enterprise. In the future I expect we will see IoT platforms being connected into the enterprise via a dedicated API and information being archived and analysed in real time accordingly.