All modern solutions in the field of Smart Factory are, in fact, the same we could see a year or two ago; there aren't any radical breakthroughs that have happened in this area. Companies use the same technologies, but they are learning to do it more efficiently.
For several years, IoT has been seen as a promising technology for manufacturing. However, the adoption of this technology is rather slow. Those few companies that were the first to invest in this area are now leaders in digital manufacturing transformation and have an advantage over the rest of the companies.