Disrupter Alert: These 2 Companies Are Changing Manufacturing

Not long ago, it seemed too futuristic to calculate life spans of industrial equipment under a variety of scenarios in real time. Today, it's not only possible, but it's also changing the way manufacturing works. By integrating cloud capabilities with the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), digital twinning can be achieved, allowing experimentation with variables in real time to predict outcomes.

Two powerhouses in their respective fields have linked up to help manufacturing become faster and more cost-efficient. Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure Internet of Things (IoT) cloud system is connecting production lines to engineering teams. ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS), is making that data dynamic and available for manipulation. The resultant digital twin creation of objects or environments are used to try out virtual working alterations in real time.

Investors should pay attention to this trend because just as robotic surgery company Intuitive Surgical was a disruptor and changed surgery forever, digital twinning is just beginning to disrupt and change everything in the IoT universe, from manufacturing to running a city to healthcare forever. This could be a great opportunity for the informed and plugged in' investor.

Source Fool.com