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As the Head of Manufacturing Verticals at Nokia Cloud & Network Services, Tom Richter is responsible for the design and specification of tailored network solutions based on the specific vertical requirements of manufacturing companies. With more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and commercial management and a profound technical understanding of the underlying technologies, he leads the segment sales for factory digitalization and smart manufacturing solutions.
“ Since I last spoke to Manufacturing Today in 2023, we’ ve come quite a long way,” Tom begins.“ Generally, there has been an uptick in the use of our solutions as a foundational technology for universal connectivity in the manufacturing space.”
To make Industry 4.0 goals a reality, digitalization is the key. Nokia offers the critical communications and cloud network foundation needed to fuel the digital transformation journey, offering advanced data communication and networking solutions that support critical operations. With a modernized communications foundation, manufacturers can increase productivity, agility, and flexibility, and improve supply chain resilience and visibility throughout their operations. With intelligent automation, data center optimization and physicaldigital fusion in operations, manufacturers can take advantage of new efficiencies to achieve sustainability targets.
“ While this uptake may be slow, it is certainly robust. Over the last two years, we have tailored our product offerings further and implemented features that are relevant to manufacturing. We’ ve also enhanced our partner portfolio and brought ecosystem partners on board with whom we collaborate to address topics like data integration, device management, and cybersecurity. Those topics are critically important to manufacturing
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