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Q&A: IIoT tools and how they can help manufacturing
We are in the midst of a digital revolution, dubbed by founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab as the “Fourth...
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What Amazon can teach us about digital transformation in manufacturing
Amazon has undergone constant digital transformation, from its beginnings as a small mail-order bookstore in 1994, to a global organisation boasting...
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Q&A: What does the future look like for food production technology?
Ask the expert: Senior Systems Engineer Stuart Mitchell gives us his first-hand insights into the current challenges Australian food and beverage...
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Digital transformation: why agile project management guarantees results
Arguably, the concept of ‘digital transformation’ has not always been easy to understand. It’s been thrown around for the past few years to describe...
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Data historians vs time-series: which is better for data analysis?
Now more than ever, industrial operations and manufacturers are racing to ‘unlock’ process data to leverage their plant-floor information. It’s the...
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Equipment criticality ratings and why they are so crucial to manufacturing maintenance
It’s widely agreed that equipment criticality ratings (ECR), also sometimes known as machine criticality ratings (MCR), are an important part of...
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Automation training: How employee empowerment can maximise productivity at your plant
Laura Mabikafola: August 22, 2017
Empowered staff who have the skills and knowledge to make decisions are the ones who’ll be proactive, champion change programs and add the most value...
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Technical Skill Shortage: The Biggest Challenge Our Clients Face
Laura Mabikafola: August 02, 2017
This year, we have surveyed a significant segment of our customers across industry, to better understand what challenges they face and to ensure that...
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The birth of real-time data analysis through time-series databases
The world has more data than it knows what to do with. The statistics are incredible: IBM says the world creates two and a half quintillion bytes or...