The actual cost of downtime in the manufacturing industry

The actual cost of downtime in the manufacturing industry

For most manufacturers, downtime is the single largest source of lost production time. What is Downtime in Manufacturing? Downtime in manufacturing is any period of time when a machine is not in production (quite literally, down).…

Tracking Industrial Assets for Better Business Decisions

Tracking Industrial Assets for Better Business Decisions

While Industrial IoT continues to mature, many customers are hesitant to share project details for obvious competitive reasons.  As an alternative, it can be useful to look at potential use cases to see how IoT can…

Machine Learning is the New Jake

Machine Learning is the New Jake

Everyone in, and serving, manufacturing businesses has encountered terms such as Industry 4.0, Digital Transformation, and Smart Factory. Small compute footprints, low-cost, high-availability communication systems, high-capacity–low-cost memory, rapidly evolving sensor technology, and new time-series data structures…

The Power of Pattern Learning for Industrial Operations

The Power of Pattern Learning for Industrial Operations

The next industrial revolution is here. Whether you call it Industry 4.0 or Industrial IoT or Digital Transformation, the increased access to machine and operational data, proliferation of two-way communication, speed of data flow, combined with…

Take your company from reactive/proactive to predictive analytics

Take your company from reactive/proactive to predictive analytics

Big Data and cloud technology has provided organizations new ways to drive efficiency and productivity. Among companies recognized as industry leaders and innovators, Asset Optimization has become a trending initiative and is producing strong results for…