GE and Pitney Bowes Join Forces to Bring the Power of the Industrial Internet to the World of Commerce
"Predix is the backbone of the Industrial Internet, and to have an established global technology company integrating it into their business is a huge step forward," added Bill Ruh, vice president of GE Software. "From improving efficiencies to impacting their bottom line, we expect these custom-built applications to have a significant impact on Pitney Bowes' business by increasing productivity, shrinking downtime and improving the performance of its assets across the board."
"We see this initiative as potentially transformative to our Production Mail business unit," said Jason C. Dies, president of Document Messaging Technologies at Pitney Bowes. "By gathering digital data from production mail machines, Pitney Bowes can drive compelling business outcomes for our clients. The combination of data, analytics and software customized for this environment by GE Predix delivers an innovative competitive advantage for Pitney Bowes and our customers."
Pitney Bowes initially plans to offer the following applications on the GE Predix platform: