Blogs
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The Great Data Barrier
Could the NSA Hold the Key to Better Manufacturing Insights? A few years back a classified (S//SI) NSA document was leaked that describes one of the most useful tools in… -
What’s Hiding in Your Historian Data?
Process historians are time-series data collection systems that record important parameters to be used for (among other things) reporting, regulatory record-keeping, and diagnostic troubleshooting. Purpose-built historians have been commercially available… -
AVEVA Operations Control
Helping your team operate at their best A few weeks ago, Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy, former OSIsoft CEO, addressed AVEVA employees and partners. OSIsoft had officially become part of AVEVA… -
Is Your Manufacturing Enterprise Keeping Up?
Jack Welch is credited with saying: “When the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight. The only question… -
Creating the “HEY GOOGLE” Experience in Industrial Workplaces Blog
Accessing data in industrial environments can be challenging, unlike the seamless experience of finding information online. Manufacturers and industrial operators often deal with siloed data sources, leading to inconsistencies and… -
No More Clipboards or Paper Checklists
With digital transformation becoming a hot topic, have you ever wondered how many tons of paper are used in “clipboard rounds” in manufacturing plants annually, and then deposited into file… -
Notes from a Recent Work Instructions Project Deployment
“Give the Customer What They Want AND What They Need” Recently I worked with a customer that requested help building out 20 work instructions, and eight skills for four pieces… -
The Power of a Digitally Connected Worker
“Tomorrow’s leaders will need to transform their organizations to support a new breed of empowered, technologically savvy workers who want a collaborative, flexible culture where they are constantly learning, challenged, engaged, and… -
Changes You Need to Make to Survive in a Digital-First World Blog
Unless you have been in a time capsule for the past 20 years, you can’t help but notice how the world is moving to digital everything. We have immediate and… -
Ted’s Deep Blue Adventures
In late October InSource got a call from TechnipFMC asking for some assistance on “Deep Blue”, one of the most advanced pipelay and construction vessels of the subsea industry and the…