For more than a century, our factories have been powered by automation—machines tirelessly repeating the same motions, churning out parts, and, occasionally, chewing up a wrench if something went wrong. Automation gave us the Industrial Revolution and, eventually, affordable toasters. But as powerful as automation has been, it has one fatal flaw: it can’t think.Today, […]
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For the past few years, manufacturers have heard the same message on repeat: AI is ready for industry. But a quieter question is now being asked inside control rooms and boardrooms alike — is industry ready for AI?At this year’s Honeywell User Group in The Hague, that question came into focus. Beneath the enthusiasm around artificial intelligence […]
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At Infinite Uptime’s CXO Circle in Bangkok, the discussion around industrial AI felt different. The room was filled with people who run plants. They weren’t asking whether AI belongs in manufacturing anymore. They were asking how to make it work reliably, across complex environments where every process, every asset, and every operator matters.The consensus was […]
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Industrial fabrication is transforming as manufacturers shift from manual inspection to intelligent, data-driven systems. Through the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), machines, sensors and analytics platforms communicate seamlessly to create a connected production ecosystem. This integration allows every fabrication stage to be monitored in real time, providing instant visibility into performance and process variations.Instead of […]
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In most industrial operations, digital reliability still means one thing: predicting failures before they happen. But as systems mature, that’s no longer enough. The next evolution is about using machine data to drive performance, not just prevention.Seeing What Limits the SystemThe future of reliability depends on two capabilities: understanding residual life and identifying bottlenecks.Residual life assessment estimates how long a […]
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In most plants, data visibility has improved dramatically. Modern time series databases connect seamlessly with SCADA systems, historians, and operational dashboards, giving teams real-time insight into production. This foundational layer—basic monitoring—has become table stakes in manufacturing.But visibility alone isn’t enough. According to a study by Aberdeen Research, unplanned downtime in manufacturing can cost up to […]
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Digital transformation has turned factories into networks of connected assets, data flows, and intelligent systems. But every new connection expands the attack surface — and with it, the risk. For manufacturers, cybersecurity is no longer just an IT concern; it has become a critical business imperative. It is now a condition of market access, customer […]
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In plants that run around the clock — refineries, chemical complexes, cement kilns — the path to lower emissions doesn’t begin with a new reactor or a carbon pledge. It begins with data. Yet the one piece of data the industrial world still struggles to capture accurately is product-level carbon intensity — the actual emissions embedded in every […]
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Standard operating procedures and interlocks are the backbone of safe, reliable plant operations. They codify best practices, enforce safeguards, and prevent known mistakes from cascading into incidents. Yet some failure modes still hide in plain sight—especially where human actions and manual configurations intersect with automated protections. A recent near-miss on a critical gear pump shows […]
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The industrial sector is in the midst of a seismic shift. With the market for digital transformation in manufacturing projected to reach $440 billion in 2025, leaders are rightly focused on harnessing the power of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), AI, and advanced analytics to build the factories of the future. The ambition is […]
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In a few short years, the most visible change inside industrial plants won’t be new machinery—it will be silence. No more scribbled shift logs, no frantic data reconciliation between operators, and no confusion over what happened last night. By 2028, AI-driven plants will explain themselves.From Data Entry to Data FluencyAt the Honeywell User Group in The […]
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Jason Schern, Field CTO at Cognite, reveals the uncomfortable truth about industrial AI: companies are building solutions that can’t scale beyond a single site, and it’s killing their ROI.The 140-to-Zero ProblemDuring a recent audit, a large upstream oil company in Asia discovered something shocking: they had developed 140 applications and agents across 11 offshore assets. […]
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