Dell Technologies works directly with manufacturers to meet their specific requirements and deliver solutions.
The following are high-level questions for businesses to consider ahead of edge deployment. Once clarity is provided on the basic elements of the operational environment, Dell Technologies recommends engaging with our account teams to deliver assessment, use case identification, strategy, solutions architecture, and deployment planning:
- What are the current manufacturing challenges and pain points?
- Is there a digital strategy, business transformation effort, or project underway at the organization’s highest levels?
- How does this strategy align to manufacturing operations?
- What is the scale of a potential deployment?
- Are there specific use cases or outcomes for an edge deployment to address?
- Who owns and manages manufacturing operations?
- Who owns and manages the facilities, including power?
- Who manages process engineering and quality?
- How does the IT organization support manufacturing?
- Are there are specific supply chain areas or issues to be considered?
- What are the typical areas within the specific factory (warehouse, build, process, test, ship, and more)?
- What are the top three daily issues reported in manufacturing?
- What security considerations are factored into a potential deployment?
- What are the key applications that run manufacturing?
- Is there a budget in place for proof-of-concept or full deployment?