Nokia has released a new Industry 4.0 maturity index, in a bid to boost accessibility and accelerate digitization. The survey, conducted alongside ABI Research, reviewed 500 IT and OT companies based in France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and the U.K. “We interviewed companies from every stage of their Industry 4.0 journey,” said Carlijn Williams, Nokia’s head of enterprise marketing. “We wanted to make digital transformation simple and we have all the ingredients for that. Using our index, businesses can benchmark themselves against their peers and across different sub-verticals, and be motivated to progress. We also provide them with solutions to boost growth, for instance with a number of workshops to showcase technologies.” The index is primarily targeting heavy industry sectors, such as oil and gas, paper, mining and ports – industries that have typically been slow to uptake digital tools. “These industries have a strong need for digitalization,” said Stephane Daeuble, Nokia’s head of global solutions marketing. “A lot of them are still paper based and, while transforming them wouldn’t require much system integration work, it would see huge financial and sustainability benefits.” The primary driver for digitalization in these industries, according to the survey’s findings, is worker safety, […]
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