How to Achieve IIoT ROI in 5 Weeks (Not 5 Months): A Practical Guide for Manufacturing Leaders
The IIoT industry has a dirty secret: most implementations take 6-18 months before anyone can point to a dollar of value. By month 9, the executive sponsor has moved on, the project champion has lost credibility, and the "transformational IIoT initiative" has become shelf-ware.
According to Cisco's IIoT research, 76% of IoT projects fail. Not because the technology doesn't work — but because the time to value is so long that organizations lose patience, budget, and executive support before results materialize.
It doesn't have to be this way. The difference between a 5-week ROI and a 5-month ROI isn't the technology itself — it's the deployment model, the data collection approach, and the focus on quick wins that generate immediate, measurable value.
Here's the playbook.