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A Complete Overview of IoT in Manufacturing

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When people talk about the Internet of Things (IoT), they usually mean devices like your smartphone, or perhaps your car, or home-control appliances and lights.

While those are all IoT devices, there’s another kind of IoT that you may not have heard much about – IoT in manufacturing. That’s right, IoT has a part to play in how manufacturers do their jobs every day, from designing products to setting up production lines and tracking inventory.

Here’s an overview of what exactly an IoT in manufacturing looks like – and why it matters so much to the future of the manufacturing industry as a whole.