In E7 of The 5V Podcast,  Dimitrios Spiliopoulos - Industrial IoT GTM Lead for Manufacturing & Supply Chain EMEA at AWS & Shashank Jain, Director - Manufacturing and Energy at Hitachi Vantara join us to discuss the power of partnering, what the AWS ecosystem is enabling for partners and their customers (scale big and fast!), as well as the challenges & disruptions seen in supply chain in light of the war and Covid and the impact these factors have had on various industries.  Know what you're looking for? check out the chapters below... 🎙 01:03 Dimitrios and Shashank background in IoT  🎙 03:29 Is IoT just for 'techy' people?  🎙 07:53 The importance of a partner ecosystem  🎙 12:02 Supply chain disruptions in industry 4.0. 🎙 17:44 Will we get past supply chain issues?  🎙 20:58 Working backwards from the customer  🎙 22:40 The 'why analysis'  🎙 24:24 Where is smart manufacturing heading?  🎙 28:56 Is the future completely software defined?  🎙 38:24 The importance of understanding the customer's current status 🎙 46:12 What is the typical journey for customers?  🎙 50:00 Fail fast and scale up  🎙 58:35 Future progression for AWS and Hitachi  🎙 01:03:04 Quick fire questions ABOUT Dimitrios and AWS IoT Dimitrios is Industrial IoT GTM Lead for Manufacturing & Supply Chain EMEA at AWS. He is responsible to scale the adoption of IoT and enable companies to use the serverless IoT managed services of AWS so they can focus on their business and customers. He leads the strategy and Go-To-Market for Industrial IoT, Edge, Digital Twin, Industrial AI and Robotics in Manufacturing and Supply Chain across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Amazon Web Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. Connect with Dimitrios:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spiliopoulosdimitrios/  Find out more about the AWS ecosystem:  https://aws.amazon.com/?nc2=h_lg About Shashank and Hitachi Vantara  Shashank is Director for Manufacturing and Energy at Hitachi Vantara. He specialises in bringing business and technology together to successfully design enterprise strategic initiatives in Engineering and IoT Domain.  Hitachi Vantara is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., guiding customers from what’s now to what’s next by solving their digital challenges. Working alongside each customer, Hitachi Vantara apply unmatched industrial and digital capabilities to their data and applications to benefit both business and society. Connect with Shashank: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashank-j-66107312/ Find out more about Hitachi Vantara: https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/home.html Prefer to listen on the go? Subscribe to us on…  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7HqqxkxlFsrhdggc1HDHOK Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-iot-podcast/id1513353818 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS85NDUxMDMucnNz Thank you to IoT Tech Expo Global 2022 for sponsoring today’s episode. Join the conference 1-2 December at Olympia London, with 100+ speakers, 5,000+ attendees, AI-powered matchmaking tool, live and on-demand sessions, and access to 4 co-located shows (including Blockchain, Digital Transformation and AI & Big Data expos) this is not a conference to be missed! Speakers include the representatives of top companies such as Arup, Lloyds Banking Group, Building Research Establishment and many more!   Visit  https://www.iottechexpo.com/global  to secure your free ticket!  We’re excited to see you there!  Want to get involved? Find us a weare5vmedia.c