The Relationship Between AI and Machine Monitoring
While buzzwords such as predictive maintenance, artificial intelligence, digital twin and augmented reality have promised to enable the fabled digital transformation of manufacturing, when it comes to Industry 4.0, most…
Remote Machine Monitoring: A Game-Changer for Machine Builders
An issue in manufacturing that is singular to machine builders is the speed with which they can respond with service to the machines, in the case of a failure. In…
Machine Monitoring: Your first step in Industrial IoT
The first step in adopting Industrial IoT is Machine Monitoring Industrial IoT is the wave of the future for manufacturing. Why? Because the goal in any plant or on any factory…
Industry’s first AI-driven remote machine monitoring solution for OEM’s & machine builders
What if you could stop a machine before a catastrophic failure? What if you could detect a bearing wearing faster than expected, before it was scheduled for maintenance and before…
Who owns the Machine Generated Data in IoT – Men or Machine?
The data which is acquired by sensors is essentially Machine Generated Data (MGD). This post will dwell on the subject of data ownership of MGD as follows: Sensors (Data Acquisition…
Top 10 Prioritization Metrics for a better Cybersecurity
Most organizations are overwhelmed, understaffed, and/or underfunded when it comes to cybersecurity. These constraints create a critical need to prioritize on the most critical cybersecurity measures. However, often these priorities…
Five Challenges of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
Despite the new urgency within the manufacturing sector, there are still IIoT challenges for adopters to overcome, especially related to digital transformation in manufacturing. Five Challenges of Digital Transformation in…
Smart Manufacturing: Performing a Manufacturing Analysis
Manufacturing managers maximize the tools they have at their disposal by understanding their shop’s capacity. What is Manufacturing Analytics? Manufacturing analysis is critical for companies to drive efficient production and…
Are You Underestimating the Cost of Manufacturing Downtime?
For most manufacturers, downtime is the single largest source of lost production time. Although some may acknowledge this, the cost and extent of manufacturing downtimes tend to be grossly underestimated.…
Bill Bither, CoFounder and CEO
Bill is an experienced software entrepreneur, and the founder of Atalasoft, an enterprise software company that sold to Kofax (now Lexmark). Prior to Atalasoft he worked in aerospace manufacturing.
Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 is unleashing a variety of technology (such as the Industrial Internet of Things, the cloud, edge computing, and digital twins) that is spurring a leaner manufacturing industry. Automation…
