| | July 20208he manufacturing industry is experiencing a paradigm shift with changing customer expectations, rising production costs, intense competition, and volatile markets. They are looking for ways to drive customer satisfaction, boost efficiency and expense factor reduction, and build a sustainable competitive edge. To their advantage, the proliferation of next-generation intelligent technologies such as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), digital twin, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics is presenting opportunities to streamline the entire manufacturing value chain and accelerate significant business outcomes. But, are manufacturers and their suppliers equipped to quickly and effectively integrate transformational technologies with their existing enterprise systems? The answer lies in their propensity to embrace cloud solutions.According to BCG, by this year, more than 70% of corporate workloads are expected to be running on public, hybrid, or private-cloud. And manufacturers must follow suit. Primarily because the cloud can deliver exceptional benefits in terms of IT cost reduction, business agility, and application performance. Some estimates suggest companies can save anywhere between 15-40 percent in IT operating costs with cloud adoption. Moreover, with advancements being made across commercially available PaaS and IaaS solutions, migrating to the cloud is becoming considerably less daunting. Manufacturing CIOs and Chief Digital Officers looking to ACCELERATING NEXT-GENERATION MANUFACTURING GROWTH WITH A ROBUST CLOUD STRATEGYBy Madan Mewari, Senior Vice President, BirlasoftMadan Mewari has more than 26 years of IT industry experience in the delivery, operations & management, practice building & management. He worked for the verticals like manufacturing, Hi-Tech, BFSI, Retail & CPG, Healthcare &Pharma, and government. Madan's cumulative experience in enterprise content management, digital experience management, portals, and enterprise collaboration helps him in every step of industry venture.VANTAGE POINT TMadan Mewari
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