We asked 73 professionals across a range of industries about the focus area of their most recent IoT project. Check out the top nine results in the above IIoT use cases slideshow or in the list below:
Asset tracking is perhaps the first IoT use case, dating back to Kevin Ashton’s idea to electronically track lipstick around the turn of the century. It is fitting that this application is still the most popular, winning 54.5% of votes when we asked 73 industry professionals about the goal of their first IoT implementation.
2. Automation of manual processes
A robot must be able to sense, plan, and act, according to one classical definition. The Internet of Things aims to do essentially the same thing, which helps explain why 52.1% of our industrial survey participants reported their IoT implementation focused on automation of manual processes.
3. Predictive maintenance
Predictive maintenance is a cornerstone of smart factories. A total of 45.2% of survey participants reported that their IoT initiatives focused on this topic.
While IoT security headlines tend to focus on the technologies potential to open up cybersecurity risks, technologies such as video monitoring and remote monitoring can also improve security. A total of 39.7% of participants reported that their IoT initiatives were focused on this topic.