Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) helps tackle these challenges by giving operations teams the ability to schedule, organize, and track equipment maintenance digitally. Modern CMMS empowers companies to make data-driven decisions by connecting business and storeroom management systems.

The recently exposed cybersecurity vulnerabilities related to the log4j logging library has the potential to have far-reaching impacts in the manufacturing space. With the proliferation of the Internet of Things in the past decade, particularly as more and more devices on the plantfloor are connected within an OT network or to cloud services outside of the plant, there are more ways for a vulnerability like this make its way into plantfloor operations.