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Why Is IoT Data Still So Bad?

First Analytics was among the first to realize the potential value of IoT data.  In fact, we coined the phrase "The Analytics of Things".  Around that time we registered the domain www.analyticsofthings.com. First Analytics chairman, Tom Davenport, followed up with…

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Predictive Maintenance Does Not End With Predicting the Maintenance

  It may be said that predictive maintenance is the poster child for the "analytics of things."  Preventing down time and reducing maintenance costs has been a successful use of data science for a long time. But sometimes there is…

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Add Weather to your IoT Data

If you have a smart factory initiative you likely use sensor data from a historian system like PI from OSISoft.  Using that data in a predictive sense can help improve OEE (overall equipment effectiveness:  availability; performance; quality).  The classic examples…

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An Overlooked Opportunity for the IoT: Safety

Nearly all applications related to sensor and machine data aim to improve operational efficiency.   For example in manufacturing plants, understanding what contributes to unscheduled downtime, and thus productivity, is a prevalent use case.  Factors impacting quality and reducing scrap product…

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