In a refreshing reality check from the Industrial 5G Forum (available on demand here), a site director for process manufacturing giant Cargill made clear that 5G isn’t, and likely won’t in the short term at least, play any sort of role in its operations. Cargill operates in 70 countries, has a staff of around 150,000, and does $165 billion in annual turnover. For Site Director Alexis Kydonopoulos, industrial 5G use cases are focused on mobility which isn’t a priority for the company, and use cases that are there can be handled by “well-established” Wi-Fi technology.
