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by lbsnake7 3226 days ago
For people that don't know what 'digital industrial' is: Basically you put sensors on all your products and then gather all that data to predict/prevent failures or problems.

But why does GE constantly use the term to showcase how they are drastically changing their company (the term was used 12 times in this article alone)? Their main products are still engines and trains right? The only difference is now they have trains with sensors on them. This seems like just the next move forward, using the computer/internet for more productivity. Why would you have to name it something and then write articles about how your entire company is changing?