Edge computing at the facility focuses on the information infrastructure to be deployed and managed for a set of strategic initiatives with the guidance of the IEM model, partnerships, and expected improvements to edge capabilities.
Edge computing at the facility offers the following benefits:
- Deploys initiatives include prioritized use cases, best practices, and enterprise guidelines. This helps facilities to incrementally realize enterprise strategy around smart manufacturing and integrated management of compute infrastructure.
- Considers current state of maturity around edge capabilities, as well as targeted improvements.
- Establishes partnerships with ISVs, SIs, and infrastructure providers based on standardized sourcing and procurement processes, and the required governance to develop and deploy initiatives. Partnerships are also governed for long-term support and maintenance of edge computing infrastructure.
- Complies with expected business outcomes for a given facility.