Global mining companies are using digital transformation to improve productivity, safety, and compliance across widely dispersed operations. Many firms already rely on COBIT for IT governance and ISA-95 (IEC 62264) for integrating enterprise IT with mine-site control systems. However, the growing adoption of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 has prompted interest in newer reference architectures such as RAMI 4.0 (Reference Architecture Model for Industrie 4.0) and the Industrial Internet Reference Architecture (IIRA).
This publication helps mining IT leaders focus on the architectural choices that matter most by showing how RAMI 4.0 expands the strengths of ISA-95 and clarifying why this expanded view is becoming a near-term priority.
