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The Fitbit for Machines: Emerging IoT Technology
There’s always a new health and wellness product being deemed “the next big thing” which causes a craze among the public. Many people tend to strive towards a healthy lifestyle through establishing a specific diet, losing weight, or putting on some serious muscle, and...
Preventing Disaster with Preventive Maintenance
Just imagine: You’re sitting in your dining room, hungry as ever, and about to enjoy a beautiful home-cooked meal you worked so hard to prepare. What a great way to finish off the evening, right? As you’re about to dig in, a crash echoes from across the room and...
Everything You Need to Know About 5G in 3 Minutes
It’s almost here. 5G is projected to be commercially released by Malaysia within the third quarter of 2020 and the whole world is watching. The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir, has been at the forefront of this innovative push and holds high hopes for his...
The Dangers of Shadow IoT
Phones, computers, tablets, you name it; the vast majority of us use them obsessively in this new technological age. They don’t just serve as accessories implemented into our daily lives, but rather we rely on them just to get ourselves through the day. They make us...
High Quality Data for Changing Consumer Demands
For several weeks, it’s become seemingly impossible to obtain any kind of reputable medical masks. With Wuhan being devastated by COVID-19 (otherwise known as “Coronavirus”) in such a short period of time, the demand for medical masks has increased astronomically. In...
Apparently, The Era of Yadda, Yadda, Yadda is Over
One of the things that struck me the most at this year’s ARC forum is a renewed pragmatism amongst the large technology vendors and the customer C-level suite. Several years ago a representative of a large technology company said something like Our Genius Codeword...
What does data quality have to do with analytics?
I attended a great presentation by Henning Löser, Head of Audi Production Lab, at the ARC Forum in Orlando today. He presented a case study on predictive analytics for spot welding. Not only did I learn a lot about spot welding (5000 of them per car! One of the...
How to Build the Perfect BoM
Recipes are a great way to achieve a certain outcome through a thought-out, structured process. That delicious homestyle burger you ordered a week ago? The chef followed a recipe to make it – and it’s no different from a BoM. In essence, a BoM is an exhaustive list of...
Why You Shouldn’t Be Using Spreadsheets for Plant Walkdowns
It’s become quite clear that Excel is the go-to tool when workers don’t have a task-specific application to help them with data management. Spreadsheets are multifunctional with many features that can be utilized for various types of data management, all within a well...
The First Step in Creating Digital Twins: Plant Walkdowns
Industry 4.0 is now being slowly implemented into the operations of both emerging and established companies alike, and for good reason. This new wave of productivity in manufacturing allows for companies to avoid unnecessary human labor and rely on automation instead....