The advantages of IIoT for the machine builder You have built, delivered and placed a machine with a customer. If parts break down in the machine whilst running the machine, the customer calls and a technician is scheduled to repair the fault. The mechanic takes the most important parts and goes to the customer. Whilst inspecting the machine, the technician […]

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a derived metric that combines assessments of three different aspects of the operation of your machines and lines of machines: availability, performance and quality. What do these values represent, and how can optimizing OEE improve manufacturing operations? A quick tour of OEE Availability Availability, typically measured in terms of uptime percentages, is the least complicated […]

Sometimes people exaggerate a little when they get excited about an exciting technology or a new software product. While many companies make large investments in technologies for the internet of things (IoT) and the industrial internet of things (IIoT), it’s possible that some of the high numbers of billions of dollars are overstated. That’s understandable. The IoT is still building […]