“Constraints don’t slow innovation—they force it.”
The oil and gas industry faces several unique operational challenges that manual data collection and sharing systems don’t help. Digital transformation technologies like connected worker platforms emp...
Utilities face five tough obstacles to deliver consistent customer service while remaining competitive. Connected worker platforms offer an effective way to overcome these utility industry challenges ...
With advancements in technology, the quality of equipment data has improved as industries transition from traditional FAT files to sophisticated enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like SAP and...
Inefficient maintenance operations can wreck a plant’s budget and put a serious crimp on production, revenues and profit margins. But that’s not all. Maintenance departments that lack visibility into ...
Ever rolled up a $100 bill and lit it on fire? No, of course not; money has value and it’s pretty foolish (and expensive) to simply waste it like. But wasting money is something you, as a plant mainte...
Plant maintenance productivity rates generally hover between 20% to 30%. That means that in a typical eight-hour day, the average technician spends only two to three hours turning a wrench.
In-house labor isn’t cheap. Using outside contractors is even more expensive. Those costs are sure to increase as companies of all kinds struggle to find workers in the current tight employment market...
American manufacturing plants are making do with increasingly older equipment, with a high percentage of production machines averaging 20 or more years of active operational service. Relying on aging ...
Warehouse management technology has revolutionized many aspects of warehouse operations. But often these fancy back-office systems leave frontline warehouse workers in the lurch by forcing them to man...