How We See IIoT and Digital Transformation

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is an internationally recognized metric that provides an easily-measurable method of evaluating and quantifying the efficiency of a manufacturing process. This makes it possible for factory managers to identify ways to maximize the efficiency of their processes through better maintenance, improved protocols, and more streamlined procedures. OEE not only allows factories to save time and money by reducing machine downtime, but also provides valuable feedback on how resources are being best used throughout their operations. Moreover, implementing OEE helps ensure that manufacturers keep up with industry demands while keeping costs low and maximizing profits. How do…

To stay competitive in today’s market, businesses are continuously evaluating their production processes and identifying ways to improve reducing cost, increasing revenue and innovation speed. Companies that create an intelligent digital twin of their enterprise will more efficiently manage and compete in today’s global economy: significantly improving operational insight, increasing productivity, and easing integration with partners and clients alike. So, how do you get there, and how do you gain an advantage over your competitors that are going through similar digitalization strategies? Your logical starting point is to identify an environment and tool set to facilitate your digital transformation.  To…

The events of the past two+ years made significant changes to just about everything in our daily life. Our routines changed. We were subjected to a steep learning curve of new concepts, new approaches and new tactics including major shifts in how we work and live. Unforeseen challenges for global manufacturing aren’t over. The shift to just-in-time for global manufacturing suppliers had been beneficial for both consumers and corporations but didn’t adapt gracefully to the “perfect storm” of production shutdowns, shipping congestion, materials shortages and panic buying. The global supply chain and logistics infrastructure that we all depended on to…

In our interactions with multi-location global manufacturing enterprise customers and engagements in their operations, we hear the urgency of their need to implement innovative solutions that significantly improve the management of production barriers, ideas, and shop floor meeting cycles. The fundamental goal is to accelerate their overall processes from identifying the issues to ensuring proper communication, informed decision making, and smart execution of those decisions, consistently, in all their locations around the globe. Even small improvements to targeted processes can have massive ramifications over time: when multiplied over every location, significant cost savings and production improvements result in more satisfied…

We live and work in a fast-moving, increasingly interconnected and digital world. With the advent of the pandemic, the need for digitalization and technological advancements was significantly accelerated. We saw major developments in 2020 and 2021 that have greatly impacted the business world, particularly the manufacturing sector, and with more advancements to come in 2022. It is not a stretch to state that technological advancements in manufacturing — as well as technological deficiencies — not only have changed the way we as individuals live and do business, but also have caused massive effect on a global scale. Case in point:…

In our most recent blog post (What’s All the Fuss Over Digital Twins?),  we explored the rationale for an explosion of interest in Digital Twin technology particularly in the manufacturing sector, and how these virtual copies of your physical assets are a new means to leverage  the insights and intelligence hidden in raw operational data to make smarter decisions and take actions in the industrial manufacturing environment. In this blog, we explore how to get the most value out of your digital twin technologies. The Role of AI in Operations Predictability Digitalizing your operations, optimizing your processes and employing historic…

According to a Gartner survey*, 50 percent of large manufacturers would have had at least one digital twin initiative launched by 2020, and the number of organizations using digital twins will triple by 2022. Why is there such a growing interest in Digital Twin? There is still widespread lack of connectivity in factories globally. According to some estimates, more than 90% of machines in factories globally are not network-connected. Data silos and ineffective collaboration effectively become roadblocks between companies and their business objectives. The operational inefficiencies of an unconnected factory come at a high cost. Data is the lifeblood of any…