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Digitization: 30 billion connected things by 2020 (Source: IHS Markit)

In the past 20 years, the Internet has connected 3.5 billion people together. Over the next years there will be 10 times more devices connected than people and by 2020 the Internet will connect 30 billion devices. This is the basis for the development of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) together with the convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT). Increased connectivity and real-time access to information are having an overwhelming impact on our personal and professional lives: • Digitization of operations (Digital Twins, AI and Augmented Reality); • Online information (e-training, digital customer service, e-commerce); • Online platforms and integrated digital tools to collaborate more efficiently. Digitization enables buildings, machines and plants to reach new levels of reliability, safety, efficiency and productivity. It maximizes comfort and energy efficiency in building and it enables a gradual change in asset performance management (notably with predictive analytics), operators empowerment (augmented reality), making enterprises and facilities more agile to adapt to varying operating conditions (information systems, analytics, lifecycle management). A digital economy is by definition electrified and requires an uninterrupted power supply as downtime is not acceptable. The increasing energy use of the digital economy also requires us to reinvent the energy system and have an integrated energy, efficiency and sustainability strategy. A Turkish dairy company wanted to take advantage of Industry 4.0/IIoT benefits and felt a flexible platform was the best way to get there. Using the Wonderware System Platform as well as other software offers, they were able to standardize their operations and manufacturing, resulting in a 15% improvement in overall equipment efficiency (OEE) gains and energy savings, as well as reduced engineering cost and time.

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CHALLENGES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

The impact of these challenges on our markets: our world will be more…

• Electric: By 2040, electricity demand will grow twice as fast as energy demand. 3 times more energy efficiency will be necessary to solve the climate challenge by then.

• Digital: New technologies enable us to completely rethink the way we deal with energy in a far more sustainable and efficient manner. They make our

• Decarbonized: Renewable energy sources will account for 60% of all new power generation capacity by 2040. 79% of the economic potential of energy efficiency in buildings, and more than half in industry, remains untapped.

• Decentralized: Microgrids, distributed energy resources (DER) and energy storage allow consumers to produce their own energy and shift to a greener energy mix. By 2040, renewable energies will constitute 70% of new capacity in rural areas.

customers’ life easier, increase productivity, create new business

models that provide new value propositions for their own customers. In 2020, there will be 10 times more connected devices than connected people.

2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

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