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Abstract: The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has gradually developed from various technologies and their interconnections. According to IDC's 2017 Internet of Things (IoT) Investment Spending Forecast, the top three industries (regional differences) in the Internet of Things (IoT) that the world is poised to invest in by 2020 are all part of the Industrial Internet market.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has gradually developed from various technologies and their interconnections. According to IDC's 2017 Internet of Things (IoT) Investment Spending Forecast, the top three industries (regional differences) in the Internet of Things (IoT) that the world is poised to invest in by 2020 are all part of the Industrial Internet market. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can be defined as "machines, computers and people use advanced data analysis results from business transformation to realize intelligent industrial operations".
The number one application area in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is manufacturing. It is also the largest industry for Internet of Things (IoT) spending, including software, hardware, connectivity and services.
In 2016, investments in manufacturing alone accounted for $102.5 billion, while the Internet of Things (IoT) totaled $178 billion as all IoT use cases converge in manufacturing. With overall spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) at $178 billion, manufacturing is by far the largest application industry for IoT, with industrial IoT and manufacturing outpacing all consumer Internet of Things (IoT) applications in all other industries total investment.
According to research published by IDC in early 2017, from a spending perspective, the two other most important use cases in manufacturing, in addition to operations, are production asset management and maintenance and field service.
Transportation is the second largest market for Internet of Things (IoT) spending. Transportation and logistics (T&L) companies are looking to enhance their position across the value chain through advanced communication and monitoring systems provided by the Internet of Things (IoT).
运输市场规模达到了780亿美元的物联网(IoT)支出规模，并将继续快速增长，就像物联网(IoT)在制造业市场中一样。交通运输的主要用途是货运监控，而物品运输的总体物联网(IoT)运输的支出费用总额达559亿美元，在2020年之前这一部分投资仍然是市场的主要推动力。
如果我们来看看运输和物流方面的整体工业物联网(IIoT )的发展，我们会看到数字化供应链和连接物流正在日益兴起，同时如同制造业一样，运输和物流(T&L， Transportation and logistics)市场的挑战之一就是许多玩家没有制定数字化策略就在市场环境压力下迫使他们加快数字化转型。在运输和物流(T&L， Transportation and logistics)中大约20%的数字转换成本是分配给供应链转型的。很明显，物联网(IoT)在这里起着重要的作用。
业界的技术专家为连接物流系统定义了四个支柱：IT安全，通信系统，供应链监控系统和车辆/运输跟踪。在加上云和分析，工业物联网(IIoT )是连接物流领域的驱动力，其中货运监控是其中领先的应用场景。
石油天然气，智能电网以及能源和公用事业市场的大量其他演变和使用案例也是工业物联网(IIoT )市场的主要组成部分。
根据IDC早些时候提到的数据，公用事业应用就是物联网支出方面的第三大产业，公用事业单独一项在2016年的支出达到了690亿美元。此外，还有一个明显的投资领域：电力和天然气应用的智能电网，在2016年这一领域的投资总额高达578亿美元。
工业物联网(IIoT )在整个数字化转型过程中扮演着重要角色，很多领域的数字化转型包括实现大多数部件的数字化供应链和大型生态系统的价值链，这其中显然也涉及零售/面向消费者应用方面。
然而，从工业物联网(IIoT )的角度来看，智能电网是电力供应和网络传输/分配的关键。其他部分应用还包括工厂的有效性，以及作为智能电网和物联网支持的运营和服务所导致的维护和数据驱动的机会。
朗锐智科（www.lrist.com）认为由工业物联网(IIoT )支持实施的维护和服务是几乎所有工业物联网行业的两个关键应用领域。多个领域的预测性维护，数据支持的服务和远程可能性监测，从服务到控制以及操作优化等，包括诸如医疗保健(远程健康监测，设备维护等)，航空航天等以及许多其他工业物联网(IIoT )的应用场景，如机器人，煤矿，石油和天然气，采矿，冶金等。