EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
on the factory floor ? That ’ s where this type of approach can help you with these really hard problems .
The adaptive cloud approach is essential to manufacturers bringing IT and IoT data together , a critical component to helping customers achieve the outcomes they ’ re looking for . There are individual outcomes that a customer wants to advance on the factory floor and there are outcomes they ’ d want to achieve in engineering , supply chain and service .
But where the true value for the company comes is when you can look across your entire value chain and have true visibility into product engineering , manufacturing and maintenance , seeing every component aspect . If you ’ re facing challenges , this allows you to truly identify the source . Is it a challenge in how the product was designed and do we need to make modifications to the design ? Is it a challenge in the manufacturing process
Q . HOW IS MICROSOFT WORKING WITH PARTNERS ?
» Microsoft ’ s manufacturing industrial strategy is about embracing our partners . Hexagon is such a great partner , at Hannover Messe they participated with Microsoft at a key press briefing and it ’ s really exciting to share continued advancements to the strategic partnership we have . They have very similar goals to Microsoft , making sure that data is readily available so there ’ s that visibility across the value chain . That ’ s why I love working with our partner ecosystem because they share our desire to make it easier for engineers to collaborate .
We were thrilled to share in Hexagon ’ s announcements about making their solutions available on Azure and
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