Brief overview India’s manufacturing edge will come from genuine IT–OT convergence at enterprise scale. This whitepaper outlines a practical blueprint: a unified data layer across ERP, MES, SCADA, and sensors; an edge–cloud architecture for real-time control with fleet-level analytics; AI at the line to catch defects and predict failures; and zero-trust security throughout the estate. It also details the operating model that sustains this stack : CIO–COO governance, KPI-linke

For most of the last decade, manufacturing technology decisions were optimised for cost, scale, and efficiency. That playbook is no longer sufficient. Global shocks from geopolitical conflicts and trade realignments to cyber risks and supply volatility have pushed manufacturing leaders into a new operating reality where resilience, visibility, and adaptability are as critical as throughput and margins. Boards are no longer asking whether to invest in digital capabilities, but