The IT convergence framework design in the Internet of things environment

Abstract

In the Internet of things that could intelligent functions such as communications, context awareness, remote control, and provide services to users by assigning advanced communication functions to things, a convergence process between the general manufacturing industry and the IT industry. In detail, the IT convergence is divided into one for the product itself and one for the product manufacturing process. This study designs a model to objectively measure the IT convergence level for the automobile and shipbuilding industries, which are classified as a typical manufacturing industry, and applies it to them so that it would like to acquire availability of the model as well as to provide the present condition of current IT convergence level. © 2013 Yoo and Chang.