GE demonstrates its digital industrial strategy at Hanover Fair

GE is combining the industrial power of the past with the software brains of the future. By pairing digital technology with domain expertise across industries, GE is transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. The ability to derive more productivity and value from existing assets facilitated by analytics is what will drive more impact for industrial companies around the world.

Every industry is currently being challenged by digital technologies and companies count on software solutions, data and analytics to gain competitive advantage. GE has developed an operating system – Predix - to power the digital transformation of the industrial internet. The software platform was opened up to external users one year ago to contribute to the growth of the digital industrial ecosystem. In early 2017, there were 21,000 developers working on Predix, more than 100 applications have already been developed on the platform, and customers around the world use data and analytics on Predix to improve operations, increase productivity and drive new revenue streams. By 2020, GE expects 100,000 developers working on the platform. 

To further grow the community of developers, GE collaborates with a large number of leading companies, institutes and universities, among them Schindler, SAP, Bosch, T-Systems, Bearing Point, Accenture and PwC.

The solutions that make up the core of GE Digital’s offerings are Asset Performance Management (APM), Brilliant Manufacturing, Automation and Cyber Security, all powered by Predix, allowing companies to quickly and securely connect their assets, collect data, and build and run applications:

• Asset Performance Management is a suite of software solutions that gives industrial businesses a comprehensive, integrated view of their assets and equipment at multiple levels. With the insight provided by APM, CIOs and operators can make smarter decisions and improve the reliability, availability and performance of their industrial assets. 
• Brilliant Manufacturing enables manufacturers to make precise, real-time decisions through data-driven insights and is the digital technology behind GE’s Brilliant Factories. The result — minimal down time, significant cost savings and virtually zero defects. 
• The GE Digital Automation suite provides real-time visibility into plant processes, equipment and resources, allowing operators to know the information that requires attention and the right actions to take.   
• GE relies on a combination of OT (machines) and IT (software) solutions to embed security at every level of its machines and software to protect infrastructure and assets from attacks and breaches.