Data Management

• Remote Monitoring Devices Collect Data for Safety Monitoring and Notifications

  Remote Monitoring Devices Collect Data for Safety Monitoring and Notifications Monitoring devices are everywhere in manufacturing. There are devices for process monitoring, production monitoring, safety monitoring, environmental monitoring, and the list goes on and on. The latest technologies offer easy-to-connect devices, referred to as “things,” which make up the industrial internet of things (IIoT). Some […]

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• Make Informed Decisions with Manufacturing Intelligence

  Make Informed Decisions with Manufacturing Intelligence Data driven decisions are critical in today’s manufacturing operations. Decisions on the plant floor affect lean manufacturing and performance, operations, maintenance, safety and many more factors. Having the right information at the right time enables better decisions for smart manufacturing. In the era of Big Data and connected enterprises, […]

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• Process Management and Improvement Rely on Analytical Decision Support

  Parsec-Certified Partner Matrix Technologies Helps Chemical Client Analyze Data and Improve OEE For many manufacturers, it is difficult to identify causes of low performance and lost capacity without a good and consistent overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) performance tracking solution. Many variables can contribute to unreported downtime or misinformation on blocked and starved conditions. Add in […]

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• Earned value provides powerful forecasting tool

  Earned value provides powerful forecasting tool Earned value is a tool for tracking real progress of a project that allows for more accurate forecasting and provides a sense of urgency early in a project, before things have gotten out of hand. The key word in the previous sentence is “real.” In the past, project performance […]

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• What to Consider When Choosing A Database Solution

  What to Consider When Choosing A Database Solution – When is “free” the right price? Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and control systems engineers sometimes find free express editions of popular database engines installed as the data backbone of an existing system. Other times they’ll be asked if an express edition can be used for a new […]

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• Mobile Technology: Is Your Plant Millennial-Friendly?

  Mobile Technology: Is Your Plant Millennial-Friendly? The Millennial generation – generally considered to be people who reached adulthood around the beginning of the 21st century – has grown up in a world filled with electronics and increasingly online and socially-networked. They are the first conscious participants in an era when everyone has access to everything, […]

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• How to Achieve Higher OEE Ratings with Data Integration

  How to Achieve Higher OEE Ratings with Data Integration Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a key barometer of productivity in an industrial manufacturing plant because it provides a single measure of how well the manufacturing process is performing. Manufacturers want high OEE ratings that result from effective use of equipment at the required speed and efficiency […]

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• Measuring Manufacturing Performance: 3 Commonly Used KPIs

  There are many ways to measure performance in a manufacturing facility. Here are the three commonly used key performance indicators (KPIs) manufacturers often start with to achieve process improvement.

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• Measuring an Industrial Process: Top 12 Common Metrics

  Tangible metrics are critically important to helping manufacturers identify strengths and weaknesses in their production process. Here are the top 12 common metrics to optimize an industrial operation.

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• How to Turn Raw Data into Actionable Data for Manufacturing

  How to capitalize on raw manufacturing data for better decision-making: Tips for success

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