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Cisco is a worldwide technology leader that securely connects everything to make anything possible. Cisco and Deloitte are collaborating to help clients envision and move to smart manufacturing. Together, we guide clients on their transformational journeys to create scalable and adaptable solutions that connect manufacturing, warehousing, machines, sensors, scanners, and communications across their networks and campus locations. We provide secure, standards-based connectivity to improve reliability, performance, visibility, safety, and sustainability to support our clients’ long-term growth.
As you transition to Industry 4.0 and a software-defined future, Cisco can help with industrial networking, security, and Internet of Things (IoT) data platforms, supporting your business’s operational technology requirements. We’re uniquely positioned to help—we understand the challenges of networking in an industrial environment, and we know how to overcome them. Our industrialized wired, wireless, and security platforms can deliver six key outcomes: reduced downtime, increased overall equipment effectiveness, lower security risk, increased factory agility, improved supply chain operations, and enhanced workforce efficiency.
We drive these industry outcomes by building:
Our advanced IT solutions harness the potential of Industry 4.0 and prepare you for a future of software-defined manufacturing. We deploy intuitive connectivity across new and legacy equipment to transmit process data, complete real-time edge processing, secure forwarding of critical data, secure remote access, prevent and manage edge-to-cloud cyberattacks, introduce new products faster, and quickly onboard employees. Our leading, validated designs create robust connectivity of an increasing number of devices and machines. Plus, our visualization of sensor data can help you anticipate operational failures.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Deloitte on The Smart Factory because it strives toward the same goal as any manufacturer hoping to achieve Industry 4.0: to help solve real-world customer challenges. It provides tangible solutions to networking challenges in an industrial environment that helps manufacturers up-level their efficiency, anticipate industry shifts, and better serve their customers.”
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Wes Sylvester
Vice President, Industry Solutions Group, Cisco
Smart in action
Unilin Group, a leading flooring manufacturer, wanted to create a single view of its IT and OT networks to accelerate innovation and mitigate cyberthreats. Using Cisco’s IoT solutions, Unilin securely integrated its machines, sensors, and systems to improve data visibility and insights, leading to reduced machine downtime, increased throughput and productivity, improved safety and quality, lower costs, and better customer service.
Smart in action
In an effort to keep pace with dramatic changes in the auto industry, Nissan needed to overhaul its production operations while maintaining its trademark quality standards. Cisco’s manufacturing solutions helped Nissan transform its operations with a secure, scalable IoT network with real-time visibility and automation, improving efficiency and enabling remote communications.