Pitching IT/OT Integration to Management w/ BCG | EP08 - The Connected Factory podcast

Guest: Dr. Tilman Buchner, Partner and Director at BCG and global leader of BCG’s Innovation Center for OperationsIn this episode of The Connected Factory Podcast, host Alexander Krüger speaks with Dr. Tilman Buchner , about the shift toward software-defined automation. They explore the challenges and opportunities in bridging IT and OT, scaling industrial use cases, and the growing importance of open-source and resilient architectures in manufacturing.Shifting from traditional automation to software-defined solutionsBridging IT/OT gaps and deploying services at scaleWhy unified namespace can simplify data managementBalancing reliability with flexible, cloud-native updatesOpportunities in the pharma industry and beyondBCG’s hands-on approach to engineering and proof-of-concept👉 To learn more about our product and try the free community version, please visit https://www.umh.app/