The NRX Blog
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....
Fix Unorganized Data with Plant Walkdowns
Plant walkdowns are a fantastic method for obtaining important data about your plant, but making sure that you’re keeping it organized and well-kept afterwards is a task that many companies tend to struggle with. Assets and equipment need to be sorted properly and...
Correcting Your P&IDs During a Plant Walkdown
You need to know absolutely everything about your plant to operate efficiently and effectively. Having accurate and up to date P&IDs available is very useful for maintenance and operations. But over time, as changes are made to your plant and drawings don’t get...
Optimize KPIs Using Data Visualization For Asset and Maintenance Data
Your company worked hard towards its goals in 2019 and you’re already on track to fulfilling new ones in 2020; that’s great! Identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) are necessary in corporate planning, benchmarking and most importantly, recognizing areas for...