Building IIoT Systems 2024
A survey by IIoT World
IIoT World would like to better understand your experiences in building IIoT systems. We would like to hear from project managers, architects, development managers, and senior technologists who are working on or researching IIoT projects. This
8-minute
survey explores the challenges, opportunities, and technologies used to build IIoT systems.
The deadline for taking the survey is
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
. We will publish the highlights from the survey in a future report on IIoT World.
If you'd like to receive a full copy of the report, let us know at the end of this survey what's the best way to contact you.
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1.
What is your role in your company?
(Required.)
Developer
Architect
Systems Engineer
Project Manager
Product Manager
Technical Manager
Technical Executive (Director, CTO, CIO)
Business Executive
System Integrator / Consultant
Other (please specify)
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2.
How many employees are in your company?
(Required.)
Less than 500
500-1000
1000-5000
5001-10,000
Greater than 10,000
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3.
What industry are you in?
(Required.)
Smart Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Power & Utilities
Oil & Gas
Transportation
Logistics
Mobility
Smart Cities
Smart Buildings
Other (please specify)
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4.
What statement best describes your current Industrial IoT strategy?
Definition of IIoT
: Sensorizing industrial devices, collecting and consolidating the data onto an enterprise location so that insights could be applied on them. This typically is part of an enterprise digital transformation effort which brings all the relevant data into one centralized location be it on premise or the cloud.
(Required.)
We are implementing our IIoT strategy and have new systems in production.
We have just begun development but have not deployed any systems into production.
We have developed a proof of concept for our IIoT strategy.
We are actively developing our IIoT strategy.
We have some implementations of IoT in certain locations, not part of IIoT strategy.
We are still researching IIoT.
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5.
How have you implemented/planning to implement your IIoT strategy?
(Required.)
Internal Resources
Using System integrators
Using Value Added Retailers
Using a consulting firm like Deloitte or Accenture
Not Applicable
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6.
What best describes the greatest benefits you expect from implementing IIoT systems? (select up to 2 responses)
(Required.)
Improve over equipment effectiveness (OEE)
Improve labor efficiency
Increase productivity
Reduce costs
Increase revenue
Increase supply chain resiliency
Improve regulatory compliance
Decrease in energy usage/cost
Improve safety
Increase automation
Reduce downtime
Increase flexibility and responsiveness
Increase customer satisfaction
Other (please specify)
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7.
What are the key challenges to implementing a new IIoT system? (select up to 3 responses)
(Required.)
Leadership/vision/management support
Governance/processes
Company dynamics
Infrastructure limitations
Cybersecurity
Integration of data sources
Installation of new hardware
Data interoperability
Lack of skills and knowledge of existing staff
Lack of budget and uncertain ROI
Other (please specify)
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8.
Who is leading your IIoT strategy?
(Required.)
Staff from OT
Staff from IT
Project team from OT/IT
Product R&D
Executive
Outside consultants
Other (please specify)
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9.
Which of the following protocols do you use today to connect your equipment? (select all that apply)
(Required.)
Modbus
OPC-UA
KNX
BACNet
Profibus / Profinet
MTCOnnect
MQTT
MQTT Sparkplug
HTTP
Other (please specify)
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10.
MQTT is an OASIS standard messaging protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT). It is designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport that is ideal for connecting remote devices with a small code footprint and minimal network bandwidth. What best reflects your experience with MQTT?
(Required.)
We use MQTT in our deployed IIoT systems.
We are planning to use MQTT in our IIoT systems.
We are considering MQTT in our IIoT systems.
We need to learn more about MQTT.
We’ve never heard of MQTT.
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11.
If you are using an MQTT broker or plan to use one, which one fo you have/plan to consider?
(Required.)
HiveMQ
Open source broker like Mosquitto
Hyperscaler brokers like Azure IoT or AWS IoT core
Not applicable
Other MQTT brokers (please specify)
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12.
Unified Namespace(UNS) is an IIoT data framework that defines the structure of the company’s business, all of the events and acts as the single source of truth for all information about the business. Have you considered UNS for your IIoT use cases?
(Required.)
We use UNS in our deployed IIoT systems.
We are planning to use UNS in our IIoT systems.
We are considering UNS in our IIoT systems.
We need to learn more about UNS.
We’ve never heard of UNS.
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13.
What are some of the IIoT data challenges that UNS might help overcome (select all that apply)
(Required.)
Data Silos and Fragmentation
Legacy System Integration
Real-Time Data Access
Data Contextualization
Scalability
Data Accessibility
Security and Governance
Complex Data Relationships
Avoiding Vendor Lock-In
NA
Other (please specify)
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14.
What of these IIoT trends are you most interested in learning more about? (select all that apply)
(Required.)
Edge Computing and Real-Time Data Processing
Digital Twins
5G Connectivity for Industrial Applications
AI and Machine Learning for Predictive Analytics
Cyber Security in IIoT Networks
Unified Namespace (UNS) for Data Integration
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Blockchain for Industrial use cases
AR/VR Technologies
Edge to Cloud hybrid architectures
Other (please specify)
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15.
Are you using or planning to use AI for your industrial use cases? If so, what are the use cases you are using/considering (select all that apply)?
(Required.)
Predictive maintenance
Generative design
Price forecasting of raw material
Robotics
Edge Analytics
Quality Assurance
Inventory Management
Process Optimization
Digital Twins
Generative AI use cases
NA as I don’t plan to use AI for the foreseeable future
Other (please specify)
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16.
What are some of the challenges in adopting AI for your industrial use cases (select all that apply)?
(Required.)
Data Quality
Data Privacy
Lack of skilled AI talent
Integration with legacy systems
Lack of tools for developing AI models
Ethical use of AI
Employee job security concerns
Trying to do too much too quickly
Trust and Transparency
NA as I don’t plan to use AI for the foreseeable future
Other (please specify)
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