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CMMS Specifically for OEMs
Exhibiting for the first time at PACK EXPO, Llumin, an established participant in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) space, introduced a new software called Llumin for OEMs.
Plant Maintenance
Is a Retrofit the Right Option?
While there is a strong business case for retrofitting many pieces of equipment to facilitate digital transformation, it may not always be the best solution.
Workforce
Augmented Reality Software to Streamline Operations
A new collaboration that pairs Lenovo’s ThinkReality software platform with augmented reality headsets from RealWear could help facilitate an information pipeline between enterprise planners and frontline personnel.
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Analog Signal Conditioning
Weidmüller's range of analog converter and monitoring relays makes it a powerful partner in light of the increasing use of automation.
Plant Maintenance
The Maintenance-Finance-Safety Connection
Did you know computerized maintenance management systems can be used to mitigate financial and safety risks faced by manufacturers?
Plant Maintenance
Understanding Maintenance Metrics
The “mean time to repair” and “mean time before failure” metrics can be used to track asset performance as well as maintenance teams and individuals.
Plant Maintenance
Ensuring a Safe and Effective Remote Maintenance and Support System
Discover three key considerations when approaching maintenance and support remotely: Security conscious design, stakeholder collaboration, and remote access methods.
Sponsored
Analog Signal Conditioning
Weidmüller's range of analog converter and monitoring relays makes it a powerful partner in light of the increasing use of automation.
Plant Maintenance
What is MTTR and MTBF?
In this episode, we explore Meantime to Repair (MTTR) and Meantime Before/Between Failure (MTBF) to better understand how these metrics are applied and calculated and how they can benefit manufacturers.
Plant Maintenance
Managing Operations Technology with IT
As enterprise and operations networks converge, IT will increasingly help manage plant floor assets and their data because of its systems management experience. This is developing around a mix of workflow software and IT-driven business systems.
Supply Chain Management
Rockwell Automation Has Its Sights Set On the Cloud
The industrial automation supplier’s recent acquisitions of Plex and Fiix expand its supply chain and operations management vision.
Workforce
Using the Digital Thread to Deliver CAD-Based Instructional Materials
PTC’s Vuforia Instruct allows OEMs to use computer-aided design data to deliver interactive training materials to frontline workers.
IIoT
Creating the Digital Thread to Connect OEMs and End Users
Siemens and SAP expand their partnership to connect plant floor operations, remote condition monitoring conducted by OEMs, and product development via digital twins to facilitate collaboration across an asset’s entire lifecycle.
Plant Maintenance
Lessons Learned: Powering the First Remote Wireless Device
Long-life lithium batteries have been instrumental in powering remote wireless devices used for a variety of Industrial Internet of Things applications.
Plant Maintenance
Amazon’s Cloud-Based Machine Learning for Predictive Maintenance
The new Lookout for Equipment service from Amazon Web Services analyzes machine data in the cloud to predict machine failures.
Analytics
How Festo Applies Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Applications
To showcase the use of AI in its automation technologies, Festo highlighted two use cases involving predictive maintenance and predictive energy.
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Live at the ELC: OEMs Can Monetize Predictive Maintenance
Predictive maintenance is an emerging technology for packaging and processing equipment that has the potential to disrupt the OEM business model.
Plant Maintenance
How Digital Workflows Improve Manufacturing Operations
Operations workflow software is about more than directing workers from point A to point B; it can also dramatically reduce downtime, improve cybersecurity, and reduce labor and maintenance costs.
Plant Maintenance
What Are Digital Workflows for Manufacturing?
In this episode, we connect with James Destro of ServiceNow to learn how digital workflow software can provide visibility into plant floor equipment and direct operations on a day-to-day basis to connect people, functions, and systems.
Plant Maintenance
The Best Way to Power Remote Wireless Communications
Why remote wireless sensors that communicate with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) demand long-life, industrial grade lithium batteries.
IIoT
Integrating Process Safety, Visibility, and Cybersecurity
Following its acquisition by Hexagon, PAS explains how its software integrates with Hexagon’s technologies to address critical industrial process operations factors.
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OpX Best Practices for Accessing Equipment Remotely
How to select a solution for accessing equipment remotely that can work for both OEMs and CPGs.
Plant Maintenance
The Long Term Effects of Remote Access
The virtual world is creating new end user expectations around how products are delivered and serviced, requiring OEMs and technology suppliers to partner in new ways.
