What Is “Beyond the Pilot” and Why it matters?
Beyond the Pilot is a reference architecture series that highlights how real-world manufacturing challenges are addressed at enterprise scale across engineering, manufacturing, and service lines of business.
These stories reflect solutions built using — but not limited to — industrial IoT (IIoT), AI, and cloud technologies. Each entry captures how a specific use case — ranging from quality optimization to predictive maintenance — was solved using a combination of proven tools and repeatable design patterns.
Our goal is simple: To provide a blueprint for repeatable success, enabling technical leaders, architects, and operations teams to move from isolated wins to sustained value — securely, scalably, and strategically.
Because technology doesn’t create impact in the lab — it creates impact when it’s scaled across the enterprise.
Because innovation is only as powerful as its ability to sustain value across engineering, manufacturing, and service.
Because manufacturers everywhere face the same question: How do we take what works in a pilot and make it work at scale?
That’s exactly what this series will explore.
What You’ll Find in This Series
Each blog will highlight:
The Context – The real-world problem we set out to solve
The Architecture – The design patterns and integrations that made it possible
The Execution – How we turned a concept into a production-ready system
The Outcome – Tangible business results, from efficiency gains to cost savings
The Lessons Learned – Best practices and insights you can reuse in your own journey
What’s Next
Upcoming posts will dive into:
Manufacturing efficiency gains through connected operations
Secure, cloud-native deployments that balance scale with compliance
How digital twins are reshaping design, operations, and customer experience
And much more…
Each story will link back here as the anchor introduction to this series.
So stay tuned — and join us as we explore what it really takes to go beyond the pilot.
Because that’s where innovation becomes transformation.
Vineet Khokhar
Principal Product Manager, IoT Security
Disclaimer: These reference architectures will be based on real-world implementation; however, specific customer details and proprietary information will be omitted or generalized to maintain confidentiality.
Stay tuned for more updates, and as always, in case of issues, feel free to reach out to <support.ptc.com>
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