Every company’s data value chain starts with collection and moves to impact. Our equipment, the way we work, our output and eventual success, all creates mountains of data. How we make use of that data separates the success stories from the rest of the pack. Shop floor connectivity, linking the things that do in your organisation to digital platforms capable of crunching massive amounts of data, empowers businesses to make data led decisions. With the right systems, your data value chain can be enhanced; from identifying and collecting massive amounts of data, to analysis and enhancement of that data, through to its use, transformation, and reuse. Connectivity is no longer about linking one machine to another with a cable, but about linking complex engineering masterpieces throughout the globe to central data hubs. In our previous ebook, we looked at a fictional baker and how digital threads and supply chain management systems could help them grow into a global powerhouse. We’ll be revisiting our baker throughout this ebook too, seeing how shopfloor connectivity considerations can help their worldwide bread creation and delivery empire; GloboBake. Scalability Scalability in shop floor connectivity SHOP FLOOR CONNECTIVITY ACROSS YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN