155: Down to Earth Digital Transformation Advice with Vatsal Shah

<p>Spending time on the plant floor gives you direct communication with your customers. But what’s the best way to gather their feedback and bring it to market quickly?&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour, we are joined by Vatsal Shah, Founder and CEO of Litmus, a unified platform for industrial IoT. Vatsal provides down-to-earth digital transformation advice, tips on how to bring customer feedback to life and insights into how companies can contextualize their data.&nbsp;</p><p>Plus, he shares some stories on the history of Litmus, why scale is more important than ever and why the Cloud is no longer <em>just</em> an option.&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode, find out:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>About Vatsal’s work before Litmus&nbsp;</li><li>What led him to start and persevere with Litmus&nbsp;</li><li>How Litmus’ solution works on the plant floor&nbsp;</li><li>Whether companies are identifying problems themselves&nbsp;</li><li>Why the Cloud is no longer just an option&nbsp;</li><li>Why scale is more important than ever&nbsp;</li><li>How to bring customer feedback to market quickly&nbsp;</li></ul><br/><p><a href="http://manufacturinghappyhour.com/iTunes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoying the show? Please leave us a review here.</a> Even one sentence helps. It’s feedback from Manufacturing All-Stars like you that keeps us going!&nbsp;</p><p>Tweetable Quotes:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><em>“There are some foundational challenges in manufacturing. The whole journey to overcome them has to be unified. Our platform takes care of the complete journey for manufacturing or industrial customers.”</em>&nbsp;</li><li><em>“There was always a fear of the Cloud, but it’s not optional anymore.”</em>&nbsp;</li><li><em>“We go on quarterly business reviews with customers to understand where we are hitting limits for our products or ROI restrictions. Understanding is critical.”</em>&nbsp;</li></ul><br/><p>Links &amp; mentions:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vatsal12/" rel="noopener noreferrer" tar