The NRX Blog

Improve your ROI when you’ve hit the wall.

Improve your ROI when you’ve hit the wall.

You may have heard the term ‘hitting the wall’ stemming from the running community, which is the equivalent to bonking for cycling. It’s a feeling of sudden fatigue and loss of energy, usually caused by the depletion of glycogen stores in your body and it doesn’t feel...

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Building Your Business Case for IIOT

Building Your Business Case for IIOT

Living in a connected world is becoming more and more prevalent in our society. Each day there is an increasing number of connected items from our transportation systems to our homes to our work environment.  In the IIoT there are smart factories, smart mines, and...

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Smart Data Powers Smart Manufacturing

Smart Data Powers Smart Manufacturing

Factories today are more intelligent and efficient than ever before. Behind the scenes; planning, supply chain logistics, and operations are all playing into increasing the efficiency on a factory floor. Smart manufacturing machines are collecting information and...

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The Downtime Your EAM Data Can Prevent

The Downtime Your EAM Data Can Prevent

Downtime is inevitable in the manufacturing industry and most certainly in the auto industry. Most of the causes can be preventable but downtime occurs for a few reasons that make the whole manufacturing process come to a halt. Material issues, shortage of operators...

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Can Your Data Catch Fire?

Can Your Data Catch Fire?

To start things off I just want to clarify the difference between data Digitization and Digitalization as they can be mistaken from one another from time to time. Data digitization is creating a digital version of physical things such as paper documents and...

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How Digital Immaturity Surges Gas Prices

How Digital Immaturity Surges Gas Prices

In the last blog, we talked about the rising cost of compliance issues. But how is an everyday consumer affected by the expensive compliance issues? According to CTV, summer 2018 fuel prices may reach a 10-year high. While the article outlines a key reason behind the...

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The Rising Cost of Compliance Issues

The Rising Cost of Compliance Issues

Today, asset-intensive companies are struggling with compliance issues that result in high costs. From verifying that maintenance plans and inspection tasks that are programmed into an EAM conform with corporate performance standards to ensuring that you can satisfy...

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Maximizing Maintenance Management Effectivity

Maximizing Maintenance Management Effectivity

Today most asset-intensive companies organize maintenance documents through cabinets full of binders, overflowing data in USB or hard-drives. Some might even have a Document Management System (DMS) that requires thorough searching each time you need a document. While...

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Getting Practical on Managing Spare Parts

Getting Practical on Managing Spare Parts

With better methods for managing spare parts, you can achieve savings of at least 10% in ongoing maintenance and operations. Effective spare parts management can help reduce costs while keeping operations running smoothly. But the first step in solving any problem is...

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