DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
“IT ’ S OFTEN PREFERABLE FOR ANALYTICS TO BE PERFORMED AT THE EDGE ”
PRZEMEK TOMCZAK SVP IOT AND UTILITIES , KX SYSTEMS
The responsibility to repair While of course non-broken machinery is helpful to the bottom line , there ’ s a sustainability angle to this too . As the world wakes up to the importance of keeping technology out of landfills , predictive maintenance is a powerful tool to ensure machinery keeps working as long as possible . Beyond that , IoT itself is also useful for reducing waste by providing more complete knowledge of the supply chains which are such significant sources of our carbon footprints . While making consumer technology repairable is a worthy endeavour , there ’ s still a long way to go before industrial machines are on the same level . With the digitisation of equipment being so far reaching , it ’ s become harder for customers in all industries to customise and maintain their purchases . Take agricultural machines for example , which represent the double edged sword of digital transformation - new capabilities on the one hand , less control on the other .
The outwardly dry subject of maintenance , then , is actually a critically important one . Thanks to new advances in predictive maintenance spurred by IoT and AI , companies are making huge strides in getting more out of their machines , for the betterment of both their wallets and the world at large .
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