IoT Maturity Quiz

Question 1 out of 5

1. How would you describe your organization’s current IoT efforts?

Select one.

We are evaluating options

We are running pilots and/or production implementations

We are currently implementing the technology in core operations

We are using the technology to optimize our processes

We have optimized our processes with the technology

We currently don’t see a need for IoT

Please select at least 1 answer to proceed to the next question.

Question 2 out of 5

2. What are the most significant business benefits your company is seeing or expects to see from IoT?

Select up to five.

Developing new products and services

Creating new business models

Differentiate from competitors

Improving the quality of our products and services

Enhancing customer service and satisfaction

Offering preventive maintenance for our equipment and systems

Enabling us to better maintain and manage our products and services at customer sites

Reducing operational costs

Increasing profitability

Reducing energy consumption and raw-material waste

None

Don’t know

Other

Please select at least 1 answer to proceed to the next question.

Question 3 out of 5

3. What are the biggest challenges your organization faces when launching or expanding IoT capabilities?

Select up to five.

Modernizing existing operations to accommodate IoT hardware and software

Inability to manage and analyze large volumes of sensory data

Uncertainty about how to gain business value from the data and analyses we collect

Cybersecurity

Lack of funding

The C-Suite and board doesn’t see this as a high priority

Inability to expand pilot and departmental IoT projects into larger enterprise initiatives

Change management relating to staff and workflow processes

Don’t know

None

Other

Please select at least 1 answer to proceed to the next question.

Question 4 out of 5

4. Which of the following describes your organization’s ability to quantify the return on investments (ROI) for IoT initiatives?

Select one.

We currently don’t have an accurate way of measuring ROI

We can accurately measure the returns for some but not all our investments

We can accurately measure ROI for most or all our IoT initiatives

Don’t know

Please select at least 1 answer to proceed to the next question.

Question 5 out of 5

5. Over the next two years, which of the following technologies are you planning to adopt to support IoT?

Select all that apply.

Cloud services designed for IoT

Cloud services tailored for our industrial sector

Analytics for processing large volumes of sensory data

3D modelling software for operations management and other internal areas

Sensors for data collection

IoT gateways

Applications for preventive/predictive maintenance

Fiber and wireless networking

Don’t know

None

Other

Please select at least 1 answer to proceed to the next question.

1.

How would you describe your organization’s current IoT efforts?

2.

What are the most significant business benefits your company is seeing or expects to see from IoT?

3.

What are the biggest challenges your organization faces when launching or expanding IoT capabilities?

4.

Which of the following describes your organization’s ability to quantify the return on investments (ROI) for IoT initiatives?

5.

Over the next two years, which of the following technologies are you planning to adopt to support IoT?

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