Industrial IoT: Smarter Factories & Automation
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) integrates connected sensors, machines, analytics platforms, and automation systems across factories and supply chains. With continuous data collection and real-time analysis, IIoT enables predictive maintenance, quality optimisation, energy efficiency, and agile production. This article explains the core concepts, enabling technologies, use cases, benefits, challenges, and future directions of IIoT-enabled