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Unlocking the power of data for digital transformation

Zari Venhaus and Aravind Yarlagadda, 01/12/2021

In this episode, Zari Venhaus is joined by Aravind Yarlagadda, Eaton's executive vice president and chief digital officer. Aravind breaks down what digital transformation actually means for companies and how defining, organizing and mapping enterprise data can help draw valuable insights to make better business decisions.

Key takeaways

01:06 Why reliance on data is becoming so important
02:59 Macro trends influencing our focus (and the industry's focus) on digital transformation
06:56 Using data science to resolve domain problems
08:45 Identifying the data points that lead to better decision making
09:58 Four steps to deploying factory digialization (Industry 4.0) technologies
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Every industry is going through a digital transformation. There is a lot of enterprise data and with all of this data, it needs to be put into context of what it means from an internal productivity standpoint -- from factory automation to manufacturing processes to employees.

Aravind Yarlagadda, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Eaton

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