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CLOUD EDGE so much data that it ’ s impossible to comprehend or develop meaningful actions in response .
“ Because there ' s so much data everywhere , most manufacturing companies won ' t know for days – or even a couple of weeks – whether they had an exceptionally bad day .” iBASEt presents the data together in a way that it can be best understood and then share it with the executives .

“ You have to think , what does that cost the company in concessions ? It ' s not just financial , it ' s reputational ”

EVAN SLOSS IBASET ’ S EMEA DIRECTOR
“ If a company had a bad day last Tuesday , you have to think – what does that cost the company in concessions , in products being late or poor quality ? It ' s not just financial , it ' s reputational .” According to Sloss , the biggest thing that iBASEt is doing is helping manufacturers to understand and manage their data to answer that very simple question : ‘ Are we having a good day ?’
Naturally , smart manufacturing has evolved in the face of COVID-19 and subsequent myriad supply chain crises .

According to iBASEt , 67 %

of manufacturers implemented Industry 4.0 and smart factory technologies in response to COVID-19
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