ITEx Institute has created the platform of Global Manufacturing 4.0 Forum to discuss relevant implementation aspects for Industry 4.0 & Digitalization Technologies, the typical challenges faced and the way forward for industries. In the last 2 editions, we had touched upon various use case scenarios and application areas of these technologies in process & discrete manufacturing industries. The presence of subject matter experts, senior management from the manufacturing companies, Heads, CIOs/ CDOs, decision-makers from solution providers and system integrators had made the events truly interactive and beneficial.