Ep. 211 - Here's How Manufacturing Industry Leaders Are Actually Building the Factory of the Future

In this special edition of Manufacturing Hub, we take you inside one of the most transparent and technically rigorous events in industrial automation: ProveIt 2025.

Created by Walker Reynolds and the team at 4.0 Solutions, ProveIt brings together 36 vendors to solve real manufacturing problems inside a live virtual factory environment. Everything is connected through a Unified Namespace and powered by real-time MQTT infrastructure.

Unlike traditional expos, ProveIt is not about product demos. It's about execution. Vendors were given access to production data, a shared namespace, a deadline, and a challenge: prove your solution works—live, with full transparency around time, cost, and outcomes.

Featured Guests

We speak with industry leaders and innovators including:

• Walker Reynolds from 4.0 Solutions
• Travis Cox from Inductive Automation
• Benson Hougland from Opto 22
• Caleb and Sophia from Siemens (WinCC OA and Industrial Edge)
• Mark and Harry from Tatsoft Frameworks
• And many more voices from across the Manufacturing Hub community

What You'll Learn

• Why ProveIt is reshaping the way we evaluate industrial tech
• How Unified Namespace is implemented at scale
• Real examples of cost, delivery time, and performance data
• Building resilient MQTT architectures for edge-to-cloud
• AI and machine learning use cases that go beyond dashboards
• Why transparency and interoperability matter more than ever
• Lessons in vendor selection, technical strategy, and scalability
• How real manufacturers are architecting their next-gen stacks

Explore the Technologies Featured

ProveIt and 4.0 Solutions
https://www.40solutions.com
https://www.proveit.live

UNS and Industry 4.0 Learning
https://www.iiot.university
https://www.youtube.com/@4.0Solutions

MQTT Infrastructure
HiveMQ – https://www.hivemq.com
Tatsoft Frameworks – https://tatsoft.com

SCADA and Edge Platforms
Inductive Automation – https://inductiveautomation.com
Opto 22 – https://www.opto22.com
Siemens WinCC OA – https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/automation/industry-software/automation-software/scada/wincc-open-architecture.html
Siemens Industrial Edge – https://www.siemens.com/global/en/products/automation/industrial-edge.html

Cloud and Data Services
Google Cloud for Manufacturing – https://cloud.google.com/solutions/manufacturing
Dell NativeEdge – https://www.dell.com/en-us/dt/solutions/edge-computing/nativeedge.htm
Snowflake Manufacturing Solutions – https://www.snowflake.com/solutions/industry/manufacturing
Litmus Edge AI – https://litmus.io
Tulip Interfaces – https://tulip.co

Community and Resources

Industry 4.0 Discord
https://discord.gg/industry40

IOT University Mastermind Program
https://iot.university

More Episodes of Manufacturing Hub
https://www.youtube.com/@ManufacturingHub

Final Thoughts

ProveIt is not just a conference. It is a full-scale test bed for what's possible in modern manufacturing. Real data. Real time. Real constraints. Real answers.

If you want to see how the best in the industry are building the next generation of manufacturing architecture, this is the episode to watch.

Let us know which vendors impressed you most. What technologies are you excited to explore? And what would you like to see proved next year?

Thank you for being part of the Manufacturing Hub community.