Reinventing the IoT Platform for Discrete Manufacturers
· Connected Industry

Reinventing the IoT Platform for Discrete Manufacturers

The Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) space is hot right now, as manufacturing represents perhaps the largest greenfield opportunity left for digitization. Yet, IoT platform implementations have historically had a high rate of failure within this vertical. What’s contributing to these failure rates, and what needs to change?  The IoT Platform “Revolution” The term Industry […]

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The Basics Behind Building Machine Learning Solutions
· Artificial Intelligence & ML

The Basics Behind Building Machine Learning Solutions

Machine Learning Requires a Systematic Approach to Systems, Architecture, and data. Developing Machine Learning analytics yields immediate and long-term benefits. 1. Make Machine Learning Part of a Modernization Strategy  After decades in research labs, machine learning is now getting enormous attention for real-world applications that harness the technology’s formidable power to discern patterns in huge quantities and […]

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Machine Learning: The Next Step in Advanced Analytics
· Connected Industry

Machine Learning: The Next Step in Advanced Analytics

Machine learning enables organizations to harvest a higher volume of insights from both structured and unstructured data than they could otherwise accomplish with traditional business intelligence solutions. 1. A New Dimension in Predictive Analytics In today’s economy, all business is becoming data business. In a study conducted by Forrester Consulting, 98 percent of organizations said that […]

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Unleashing IoT’s true potential – the power of in-memory analytics databases
· Connected Industry

Unleashing IoT’s true potential – the power of in-memory analytics databases

We’ve all heard the industry chatter around IoT and how it can enable businesses to unlock and deliver commercial success. By extracting real-time data from connected endpoints, IoT helps businesses to make more informed and intelligent decisions that can directly impact their bottom line. However, far too often, these organizations are getting swept up by […]

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New opportunities to become smarter in the manufacturing lifecycle
· Connected Industry

New opportunities to become smarter in the manufacturing lifecycle

With the arrival of the Industrial Internet of Things, manufacturers are finding themselves at the forefront of fast-moving, disruptive and revolutionary change.  Among other things, this change is quickly introducing components for the creation of a smart factory. The concept of a smart factory uses “smart machines”, or IIoT enabled equipment, to drive enormous improvements […]

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[Case study] How to optimize energy investments
· Connected Industry

[Case study] How to optimize energy investments

eSmart Systems wanted to put big data and IoT technologies to work for its energy customers to optimize their investments and enable next-generation operational performance. With industry changes such as smart meter and renewable energy adoption, utilities companies needed to make data-driven decisions to improve efficiency and cut cost. eSmart Systems use MS Azure and […]

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Connecting Assets: 5 Things to Keep in Mind
· Connected Industry

Connecting Assets: 5 Things to Keep in Mind

Make sure your Connected Machine/Equipment project delivers real value – for you and your customer. You want to connect your units in the field for an enhanced customer value proposition and an improved Services business case? There are many ways how your customers benefit from connected enterprise assets. Less downtime/higher utilization, insights into usage and […]

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New IIoT Case Study with Wiscon Products
· Connected Industry

New IIoT Case Study with Wiscon Products

Since 1945, Wiscon Products of Racine, WI has produced quality precision parts for the aerospace, medical, energy, automotive, construction and power industries as well as many others. Along the way, Wiscon’s innovation and commitment to quality has resulted in awards such as the 2014 Manufacturer of the Year and twice as the Future 50 winner […]

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Are Your Current Maintenance Practices Draining Profits?
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Are Your Current Maintenance Practices Draining Profits?

How Maintenance Excellence can reduce downtime, overall maintenance costs and worker stress while boosting plant efficiency In recent blog posts I’ve explored how Asset Performance can affect your plant’s economic return. With Asset Reliability as the first step in your action plan, the next thing to consider is Maintenance Excellence. To help explain the concept […]

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Real-Time Data for Real-World Decisions
· Analytics

Real-Time Data for Real-World Decisions

Manufacturing relies on continuous production. Fast, accurate, real-time analytical insights are intuitively recognized as valuable. Many decisions must be made in real-time, so having real-time data will naturally improve those decisions. Actionable, up-to-date metrics create many new benefits, including: Improved OEE and Predictive Maintenance: With real-time equipment analysis based on the most up-to-date data, maintenance […]

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How to Capture the Right Type of Data
· Analytics

How to Capture the Right Type of Data

When it comes to collecting data with industrial IoT within the world of manufacturing, it isn’t just about quantity. It’s also about the quality of the information that you are gathering from various machines; manufacturing data analytics that enables you to analyze it and make decisions now, and for the long term. What is Deep Data […]

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