Powering Manufacturing’s future — How AI, IIoT and MES drive the smart factory
From early concepts to manufacturing-ready solutions in one unified environment
Discover how leading manufacturers are moving from raw shop floor data to faster, smarter decisions. This IDC infographic reveals how Industrial IoT, modern Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and industrial AI work together to form the digital backbone of the smart factory. It shows how MES provides structure, traceability, and governance, how IIoT delivers real-time visibility into machines and processes, and how AI builds on this foundation to accelerate root-cause analysis, automate routine work, and turn operator know-how into actionable insights.
More than a vision, the infographic is a practical roadmap for achieving real business impact. It highlights how manufacturers can modernize legacy environments, establish trusted data flows, and safely scale from early AI use cases to agentic workflows supported by clear guardrails and human oversight. The result is faster problem resolution, improved quality and throughput, and a repeatable advantage built on data you can trust.
Explore the infographic to see how these technologies come together and what it takes to move from experimentation to industrialized AI on the factory floor.