If you have time to keep abreast of the wall of content produced by strategy and technology consultancies about the operational improvements increasingly available to portfolio investments, you will no doubt be aware that most of us have put out our thoughts and recommendations around the myriad of modern and evolving digital initiatives to improve production processes as part of an evolving Industry 4.0. That technology universe now includes; AI, IoT, Cloud, RPA, CAD, CAM, ACAM, AR, VR, BDA, and a host of other abbreviations and acronyms, as well as Blockchain, digital twins and predictive maintenance promising improvements, both for production and sales processes and sometimes to assist wider business operations.