The Ideal IIoT Solution For OEMs
The Internet of Things (IoT) represents an undeniable business opportunity to OEMs developing industrial equipment and machinery. Just about every industry is digitizing, and industrial equipment is no different. While customers purchase equipment to perform a specific…
Smart Sensors Increasingly Important in the Industrial IoT Age
While there is no single standard that could be applied to support a claim that a sensor is “smart,” Smart Sensors are typically characterized by on-board intelligence and the ability to communicate via a digital network. …
Use of IoT and OEE for improving the performance of production
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is the most reliable practices metric for measuring manufacturing productivity. OEE is used as a baseline and benchmark to measure the utilization of a manufacturing operation or piece of equipment. Many uses…
Four challenges for power generation companies in their digitalization journey
Digitalization holds great promise for the power generation industry. However, a range of internal and market challenges can constrain its effective uptake and implementation for those early in the digital journey. Digitalization can play an important…
Is Internet of Things going to replace SCADA systems?
Industrial IoT and the connected factory concept are red-hot topics. Yet often, there is confusion among professionals in both on and offline discussions around the role of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. Questions like, “Does…
Why most Industrial IoT implementations fail
The IoT Revolution is picking up speed and as it does, it is changing the manufacturing world forever. The Industrial IoT brings together machines, advanced analytics, and people. It’s the network connected assets and devices by communications…
4.0 Reasons Why Edge Computing is Relevant for Industry 4.0
Adopting Industry 4.0 practices could be critical for your business. And edge computing could be critical for your Industry 4.0 adoption plans. What is Industrial Edge Computing? Industrial edge computing means connecting all the benefits used…
ARC’s Sixteenth India Forum Focuses on Digitization
ARC Advisory Group’s sixteenth India Forum for the process and discrete industries, titled Digitizing and Securing Industry, Infrastructure, and Cities from July 5-6, 2018, Bangalore, India attracted over 250 delegates. Last year the core theme was digital…
Collaborations in CubeSat Technology Could Signify a Faster Route to Mobile Infrastructure in IoT
Analysis of the IoT market often results in observers drawing a strong correlation between its trends, and rising popularity among techies and engineers, with a gravitational pull akin to last centuries internet boom, thanks in great…
New business models for manufacturers
The convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) systems may help manufacturers embrace new service offerings using web-based business models. Many years ago one of my distributor partners took me to do an automation…