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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...
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Data analysis: why process historians and time-series are essential
Process historians have been used to monitor processes in the industrial sector for more than 20 years, and yet many companies Nukon talks to don’t...
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5 key benefits of computer-integrated manufacturing
There’s no question that digital operations are transforming manufacturing. A range of innovations that fall under the Industrial Internet of Things...
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Operations centres: How they’re making manufacturing smarter
IIn a previous blog post we outlined the 5 key benefits of computer-integrated manufacturing and introduced the concept of the Integrated...
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Is it right for you?: The pros and cons of open source manufacturing software
Open source software is everywhere. Businesses today have access to thousands of open source software solutions - from enterprise resource planning,...