Kirill Kostanetsky, head of Smart.EAM at IT-Enterprise, gave an interview to AIAU about the latest implementations at Interpipe’s enterprises. The interview shows key trends in industrial development, and also speaks of the need to change the culture of enterprises and new requirements for the level of competence of employees. It also clearly states the importance of automated data collection and interfacing of EAM–MES levels with an automated process control system.