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Operational Efficiency

  1. General Blog

    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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. You Don’t Need an MES

    I love to BBQ. I mean, the real BBQ… 4, 6, 8, 12 hours of smoking/cooking time using real hardwood coals made of cherry, pecan, apple, hickory and oak. I…

  6. The Art of Deconstruction – Knowing What You Need Starts Off with Knowing What You Have

    At InSource Solutions, we work with clients to improve the way they do business.  This often requires that we work together on industrial production process flows to discover the key…

  7. AW North Carolina Raises the Bar: Digital at the Point of Entry

    Digitization in manufacturing is a very hot topic, but how many manufacturers are actually achieving it? Research shows that manufacturing lags other industries in digitization of work as well as…

  8. Deploying Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES): 7 Ways to Fail

    Clients often ask us to assess their Manufacturing Execution System (MES) deployment and identify any gaps that are limiting their ROI. In other words, “Why aren’t we getting the results…

  9. OEE – Driving Performance or Complacency?

    In my role as Manufacturing Solutions Architect I have seen many industries and manufacturing processes up close. These range from consumer goods to mining to petrochemicals and beyond. These businesses…