AI Eases Access to Predictive Insights
Embedded analytics do the job of a data scientist to help reliability professionals proactively...
Project-Management Tool Improves Performance
Chemical company uses Kanban to manage projects and strengthen processes.
Why Your MES Struggles
MES (manufacturing execution systems) can significantly benefit your company, but implementation...
Plantweb Adds AR
Analytics and live remote assistance will improve maintenance efficiency, advance reliability, and...
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
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Develop Continuous Improvement Muscle MemoryQ : Is a Kaizen event or coaching kata best for continuous improvement? A : There are many tools available to perform continuous improvement, but the one that will make your facility most successful requires a process that enables the entire workforce to become problem solvers. To discuss this requires a few definitions/explanations.
Operating System Drives Reliability
The Americold Operating System connects a global facility network to improve transparency...
Software Combines Safety, Maintenance
By Mark Carter, Yokogawa RAP
Protect Safety Through Cybersecurity
The technical nature of cybersecurity often leads to it being considered “just an IT issue.” A...
Protect Your Site From Cyber Attacks
The Belden/Tripwire Special Edition Industrial Cyber Security for Dummies e-book is really directed...
S/4HANA is Tomorrow’s SAP
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti Many operations that run SAP ECC (ERP Central Component) are...
Is Your Site Susceptible to Cyber Threats?
A better title for this article might have been “How Prepared Are Your Operations for Cyber Attacks...
Data Standards Lead to Project Success
Acquiring and entering asset data into EAM and CMMS systems prior to project start-up will help...
Podcast: Mobile Technology with Kim Custeau
In a new podcast, Efficient Plant editorial director Gary L. Parr talks with Schneider Electric’s...
