DAYTON, Ohio (April 27, 2016) – Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today celebrated the grand opening of The Helix Innovation Center on the University of Dayton campus. Emerson’s $35 million total investment in The Helix will foster an ambitious, collaborative approach to conducting research to create new technologies that address heating, cooling and refrigeration challenges affecting today’s homes, commercial buildings, data centers, restaurants, supermarkets and other retail operations.
Asset management operations need structure, strategy, and standardization to thrive. A management system provides all three. It is a comprehensive program—a set of policies and practices—that
April 5, 2016 -- Endress+Hauser announces its Spring 2016 schedule of instrumentation training courses. Classes typically are a combination of classroom and hands-on training on either the Endress+Hauser PTU® (Process Training Unit), a full-scale, working process skid with on-line instrumentation and controls, or live instruments in training stands, both designed to simulate operating conditions.
HANNOVER — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) has introduced SAP Asset Intelligence Network and the SAP Predictive Maintenance and Service solution to help equipment manufacturers, service providers and asset operators benefit from the Internet of Things as the proliferation of sensors and smart devices transforms asset management.
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With all the technology out there, all talking to each other, the world is increasingly becoming more and more connected – indeed, flat. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) seems like a nebulous concept that encompasses everything from machine learning and robotics to drone delivery systems and intelligent point-of-use vending. There is more information available than ever before, but making sense of all this data can be daunting. This article will help bring clarity to how the IIoT can enhance all aspects of manufacturing.
As announced at the recent 2016 OUUG Oracle Users Group Conference, Red Clay Consulting and Process Solutions Assurance (PSA) have created a strategic partnership to jointly implement new Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management (WAM) and upgrade projects for electric, gas and water/wastewater utilities worldwide.
APRIL 2016 – Succeeding in today’s complex, highly-regulated process, petrochemical, oil & gas, mining and utility industries depends on how well your company can manage physical and operational risk, while increasing operational safety, efficiency, and asset integrity. Today, that means moving beyond isolated systems to integrated solutions delivering real-time risk visibility across your entire organization. Combining Operational Sustainability’s proven focus on enterprise solutions to reduce risk, enhance efficiency, and improve asset integrity with the risk and reliability training and services of recognized leader Aladon gives companies an integrated approach to asset management.
This is the last installment of a two-part article that forms the basis of PhD research into the factors that prevent successful execution of asset management strategic initiatives.
March 30, 2016 (Marlton, NJ) - eMaint Enterprises, the leader in Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS), will exhibit its newly-enhanced CMMS product and present industry best practices at The Reliability Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada at the South Point Hotel & Casino on April 11-15, 2016.
Starting Your Campaign: Selling Maintenance as a Profit Center by Joe Anderson, The J.M. Smucker CompanyProactive maintenance can be a tough sell. Why invest in expensive updates or costly down time to work on machines that are functioning well enough? While most maintenance managers understand the value of proactive maintenance, making it happen may require an effective sales pitch to upper management. This presentation will help propel the careers of those in maintenance by explaining how to present your maintenance department as a profit generator,not a necessary evil. Attendees will learn how to start this type of campaign as well as the business side of maintenance management, including why competitive advantage is important,the three value types, and the different methods of tracking cost savings and avoidances.
Uptime®, a magazine serving over 50,000 maintenance Reliability Leaders and Asset Management Professionals, announced the winners of the Best Solution Awards for 2016.
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- March 31, 2016 -- L-com Global Connectivity, a preferred manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, announced today that it has introduced a cross-polarized low-PIM DAS panel antenna.
Newell, WV -- March 28, 2016 -- The BelGAS division of Marsh Bellofram Corporation, a member of the Bellofram Group of Companies, today introduced its Type P203 and P203H pressure reducing regulators for industrial commercial and utility service applications.
TORONTO -- March 23, 2016 -- HubHead Corp., the leading provider of maintenance and asset data quality software solutions, announces the general availability of a new version of its flagship software, NRX AssetHub™. NRX AssetHub 6.3.4 focuses on helping customers solve their business issues, and features enhancements for Data Quality Analysis and Repair, furthering the company’s commitment to helping its customers get their Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) data right.
Tetra Pak’s packaging material factory in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, today received the world’s top award for manufacturing excellence. Presented by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance, the World Class Total Production Maintenance Award recognises facilities that have achieved outstanding levels of production reliability and efficiency. In the past 40 years, only 20 companies, worldwide, have received this accolade.