106 INTERVIEW Industrial intelligence: the next frontier for connected enterprises Fabio Terezinho from AVEVA reveals why industrial intelligence is delivering unprecedented returns, and why companies that don’t embrace AI, IoT and predictive analytics risk falling behind their competitors Industrial leaders across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia – surveyed for AVEVA’s Industrial Intelligence: Manufacturing Industry Insights report – cite a range of obstacles that are limiting efficiency and impact. Disparate systems, poor real-time collaboration and limited visibility across the product or process lifecycle all continue to hold organisations back. Yet the consensus – shared by 97 per cent of respondents – believes that industrial AI will be essential to staying competitive in an increasingly challenging landscape. And for nearly three-quarters of those leaders (74 per cent), investing in industrial intelligence will be a priority in 2026. Fabio Terezinho, vice president of integration and technology partners at AVEVA, explains more. As ‘industrial intelligence’ gains momentum, what does this concept mean to you personally, and how do you see it shaping the future of industry? In simple terms, industrial intelligence is the method that allows customers to execute their digital transformation with a clear return on investment (ROI), leveraging current technologies, including software-as-a-service and AI. It’s the evolution of what we’ve been doing in industrial automation for decades. We’re still talking about technology, but the stack has moved on. Industrial intelligence is about applying AI, IoT and Industry 4.0 concepts to deliver the same core values we’ve always aimed for: improving productivity, reducing waste and increasing safety in industrial processes. The main difference is the scale of the impact and the speed at which ROI can be realised when the project has clear achievable business goals. Without technologies like ubiquitous internet, cloud computing, large language models and AI agents, industrial intelligence as we know it today wouldn’t exist. These components have transformed isolated systems into integrated networks that deliver real-time insights and predictive capabilities. How will industrial intelligence guide our future? These technologies – AI, cloud, connectivity – are reshaping everyday life. I genuinely believe that in the next five to ten years, they’ll transform how humanity operates, and at a much faster pace than anything we’ve seen before. That impact is just as profound in our industry. I don’t believe BY ALICE CHAMBERS “History proves that when major disruptions arrive, you either pivot or perish”
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