Companies Need to Play 3 Primary Roles for True Value Chain

Suraj Patil, assistant manager of Aranca, explains that value chain-developing edge-enable industrial machine ecosystem will require entities playing three primary roles.

May 17, 2022

At last December's SCN Summit, Suraj Patil, assistant manager of Aranca, spoke and explained that value chain-developing edge-enable industrial machine ecosystem will require entities playing three primary roles.

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