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Managing Director of SoftRock Technologies A professional engineer by training (electronics, automation and instrumentation) he has been with SoftRock for the past 5 years. His background includes engineering at British American Tobacco (10 years) and senior management/leadership at Hermos Automation (18 years).
Perhaps the most important feature of the smart factory, its connected nature, is also one of its most crucial sources of value. Smart factories require the underlying processes and materials to be connected to generate the data necessary to make real-time decisions. In a truly smart factory, assets are fitted with smart sensors so systems can continuously pull data sets from both new and traditional sources.
