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155: Down to Earth Digital Transformation Advice with Vatsal Shah

Manufacturing Happy Hour · 26 Sept 2023 · 35m

What this episode covers

Vatsal Shah, Founder and CEO of Litmus, explains how his unified Industrial IoT platform helps manufacturers contextualize data from legacy systems to solve specific plant floor problems like yield loss and scrap reduction. He details his journey from an automation engineer at Rockwell Automation to founding Litmus, emphasizing that feedback-driven development and direct customer engagement are critical for survival in industrial innovation. Shah argues that scalability and cloud-native architecture are no longer optional, as manufacturers now require centralized management to handle heterogeneous environments across multiple sites. He advises leaders to cut through market noise by finding trusted partners who prioritize customer outcomes over proprietary vendor architectures.

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companies scaling up

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Companies
Rockwell Automation, Amazon, Fisher Rosemount
Products
Litmus
Also
OPC, SCADA, PLC

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