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How Firmware-Hardware Misalignment Triggers Costly Electronics Redesigns
By the time a firmware redesign is triggered in electronics development, the underlying issue has often been in place for weeks or even months. In many cases, that problem traces back to misalignment between firmware and hardware. It’s not necessarily a defect in either domain. Oftentimes, it’s the result of hardware and firmware evolving out of sync. As embedded software takes on a larger role in shaping system behavior, that gap is becoming harder to manage.
Building Tariff-Resilient Supply Chains with Digital Thread
Tariffs are reshaping manufacturing. Discover how digital thread and AI help build supply chains that can adapt and thrive. By Jason Kasper, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Aras In recent months, the term “tariff” has become a common topic of discussion, as the current administration pushes for higher tariffs on countries like China, Canada, and Mexico, and the European Union – triggering retaliatory responses.
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For Digital Twin Technology, Configuration Can’t Be an Afterthought
By Jason Kasper August 11, 2023 Aras Corporation Feature For digital twins to be effective, it’s important to understand the two sides of the coin–configuration and performance–and the differences between them. Digital twins have been hyped as one of the next big things–especially for the industrial space. In fact, research by McKinsey found that 70% of C-suite level tech executives at large companies are exploring and investing in digital twins.
Dark Ride By Lou Berney — the best thriller books
A crime novel with heart, Dark Ride will tug at your emotions and set up shop in your mind. Lou Berney has crafted an unputdownable story with unassuming but immaculate characters that will give you all the feels. Hardy “Hardly” Reed is a young stoner drifting through life without much direction. That is, until he notices two children sitting on a bench in a municipal building with signs of having been abused.
How should Quality Leaders prepare for Future Economic Uncertainty?
Every day there is another story or sign that there might be an economic downturn in our future. When we look away from the news, we see a different reality.Manufacturers are struggling to keep up with demand and fulfill orders. We hear from many of our member end-user clients that they are having trouble finding and keeping people to maintain their operations. Forecasts don’t project a downturn in demand. What should we believe?
Simply Lies By David Baldacci — the best thriller books
Riveting, emotional and suspenseful, Simply Lies is a layered and twisting journey through the intersection of criminal enterprises and law & order. David Baldacci launches this compelling new series with smart female leads, despicable villains, heinous crimes and enormous treasure. Mickey Gibson is a former detective now employed in the private sector as an expert financial sleuth, tracking down hidden assets by some of the world's richest crooks, cheats and evaders.
Whisper of Bones
A suspicious death mirrors a serial killer signature. A ghostly visitor might hold the answer. Cassie must decipher the cryptic message whispered in the bones of the dead - if she hopes to help solve the crime, and save herself, in the process. The latest installment from USA Today best-selling authors L.T. Ryan and K.M. Rought in the Cassie Quinn Series. A mystery thriller with a hint of paranormal that'll keep you guessing! A dead man has investigators stumped.
The Necklace By Matt Witten — the best thriller books
No parent should ever have to bury their child. It’s unnatural and against the regular order of things. And as a parent, I can confirm this is our worst nightmare. All you want to do is keep your kids safe and watch them grow up to lead fruitful, successful lives. Well, The Necklace takes the unholy nightmare of losing your child and multiplies it by a factor of 10. Thanks a lot Matt Witten. How am I supposed to let my kids out of my sight ever again after reading this book?
Digital Performance Excellence is the engine of Digital Improvement
Excellence in operational execution is hard to maintain and grow and is getting more challenging by the day in this era of post-pandemic-related societal upheaval, geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, supply chain fluctuations, and environmental concerns. In an Industry 3.0 world, building a sustainable program for improvement experienced several barriers to entry. Continuous Improvement Management Systems from the Industry 3.0 era heavily emphasize policies, procedures, and people.
What’s Standing Between You and Asset Performance in the IIoT Age?
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), smart connected assets and digital transformation have been top themes for just short of two years. Organizations often view them as distinct focus areas, perhaps unwisely so. The asset is at the heart of each of these topics, making them inextricably related. Businesses that come to that realization position themselves for more pragmatic choices about technology architecture, empowering the workforce and business processes.
Maintenance Battle is On: Digital Thread to Determine Winners
For many years, the question of who manages the maintenance of complex products like airplanes, ships, mining equipment, power plants, and oil refineries has vacillated between manufacturers and the owner-operators. Owning and controlling the service, maintenance, and upgrades for this complex equipment is big business that can last 20 to 40+ years, depending on the product.
Helping Engineering And Manufacturing Tie The Knot With Digital Thread
Thread, used to create repair and bind things together, has evolved from natural fibers to manufactured materials engineered for special strength and durability. It’s logical that the next evolution for the digital era (smart connected technology, Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing) is the concept of the “digital” “thread” “digital thread” — to similarly bind people and information to improve efficiencies in the manufacturing realm.
2017 Asset Performance Management Predictions
At LNS Research we are excited as to what 2017 will hold! We recently published a blog post to revisit our 2016 predictions, review how we did, and what it means going forward for Asset Performance Management (APM). Now as 2017 is upon us, we would like to discuss our predictions about what we expect to take hold for the year to come. Our basis for making these predictions is the depth and breadth of our survey research, customer meetings, vendor solution direction briefings, and intuition.
Game on: How the IIoT is transforming asset lifecycle management: Part 1
Digital transformation, the industrial internet of things (IIoT), and smart connected assets have been prominent themes over the past 12-18 months. For the most part, these have been separate focus areas in industrial organizations. In fact, however, they're closely related topics. As pilot projects take hold in a variety of industries, no one industry has the lead; many are finding small wins and value. This is creating a larger opportunity for investments in technology and transformation in 2017.
Game on: How the IIoT is transforming asset lifecycle management: Part 2
OSHA announces Top 10 violations for 2016 List presented at 2016 NSC Congress & Expo The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety violations for fiscal year 2016. Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Programs, presented the Top 10 on the Expo floor as part of the 2016 NSC Congress & Expo, the world's largest gathering of safety professionals. The Top 10 for FY2016 are: 1.
ISO Standards for APM Are Here to Stay: It’s Time to Plan, Do, Check, & Act
The ISO 55000 standards for asset management provide a descriptive process for organizations to institute best practices process to manage critical infrastructure. At this point, most know the history and evolution and how it became a standard. As an official ISO Standard since early 2014, we are now seeing momentum, across many industries in applying this standard.
Smart Connected Assets: Still New but More on the Plant Floor
Knowledge, talk and even action on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has continued to grow this year, but not in the way you’d expect. We see concentrated focus on smaller, more targeted projects geared to fuel operations excellence from several angles—asset performance management (APM), enterprise quality management (EQM) and now smart connected assets. Companies are using the data—existing and new—to redefine work processes and the organization structure itself.
Accelerate Value: Old Infrastructure, New Data Insights
With the advent of smart, connected assets comes a huge opportunity. While this understandably may train the focus of decision makers on new assets, the truth is a bit more nuanced. When you boil it down to the business value and remove the "cool" factor, the utility of such smart assets unquestionably comes from the data they produce.
Harnessing Asset & Knowledge Data for Smart Connected Operations
There is no doubt that the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Platforms are beginning to make an impact on asset intensive industries today. Much of the focus has been on the technological advances in Big Data, Cloud and Analytics, but a big opportunity remains. For years’ organizations have been investing in equipment and people that have generated data. Now that the economies of scale are making prudent sense, it’s time to take advantage in the form of Smart Connected Operations.
Smart Connected Assets’ Role in Enabling the Workforce and Analytics
Smart Connected Assets are beginning to drastically alter business models. Each day we hear more stories of companies gaining insight from data generated from these assets. This is creating opportunities to ask new questions and enable business models that were not feasible just 5 years ago. Click here to speak to Jason From the onset of the Industrial Internet of Things, Asset Performance Management (APM) was the first benefactor of its potential.
Honeywell User Group Offers Glimpse at Future Opportunity for Digital Transformation & IIoT
This year’s Honeywell conference began to provide a clearer picture on the direction of all things Digital. Through a variety of announcements, Honeywell continues to develop its Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem. This is accomplished by bringing together its advanced data analytics, Cloud technology, and deep domain experience in process technology.
The Role Smart Connected Assets Play in Digital Transformation
One of the early successes for Smart Connected Assets has been the area of Asset Performance Management (APM). Many of the case studies for deploying Smart Connected Assets have centered on their value in improving the reliability of production equipment. It is obvious that lower downtime leads to higher productivity, but it can also contribute to improved quality and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) standards, as well.
NEW Rules Enable Best Practices in APM for Rail Industry
Recently the Department of Transportation (DOT) in the United States proposed rules that have put public transit organizations on center stage on approaching maintenance in a best practice way. One particular announcement creates a standard for a National Transit Asset Management system. This would be uses to monitor and manage public transportation assets.
How the Industrial Internet is Empowering IT
We are in the midst of a digital industrial revolution. Analysts suspect that overall spending on Industrial IoT will reach $500 billion by 2020, with some projecting even more.
The Missing Link in Digital Transformation: The Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
As Digital Transformation becomes the predominate term to mean all things Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0, and IT/OT convergence, we are increasingly seeing the role of Chief Digital Officer (CDO) come to the forefront to help organizations bridge the gap between the COO and CIO.
Calling All IIoT Vendors- Can You Deliver Value Today?
LNS Research is increasingly receiving requests from the end-user community to help understand the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Platform landscape that will help them in their Digital Transformation journey. Who can help them today and in the long term? In general we are seeing a general lack of understanding of what should constitute an IIoT platform to enable other systems and how it can support business initiatives.
Smart Connected Assets Enable Outsourced Maintenance Models
Smart connected assets have created an opportunity to push the envelope in an emerging market of smart services. Granted, outsourcing equipment maintenance back to the OEMs has been around for some time (think Rolls-Royce and pay-per-mile aircraft engines); however, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) creates an opportunity for more advanced service offerings to maintain assets before they fail.
A Tale of 2 Asset Strategies in Rail: Traditional & Smart Connected Assets
Over the last two weeks the Rail industry has provided two distinct examples on asset strategies for locomotives. One is the traditional way of thinking and doing things the way they have always been done. The other provides insight as to where things can head when you incorporate Smart Connects Assets with service agreements to carry out Smart Connected Operations.
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