Industrial IoT In Action

Case series: Industrial IoT in action

In the 2020 article 'The winning card in industrial digitalization' we analyzed market trends for how companies approached digital business plays. While many of the insights and patterns outlined remain relevant, some predictions have not materialized. For example, we don't see many large digital ecosystems with winners-take-all dynamics. Instead, in most industrial sectors we see players with different roles in the value chain competing for the same data-based and service-oriented value pools, which creates a lot of friction.

In this article series, we present five case studies of how companies with different roles in their industries managed such frictions in their digital business plays. The cases illustrate different viewpoints on the challenges in claiming a fair share of value pools enabled by the internet of things (IoT). These value pools are often focused on data-driven optimization and maintenance of industrial