The commercial UAV industry is rapidly evolving, with UAVs now being utilized for a wide range of industry applications. In the face of this expanding industry, SkyTech sat down with Emmanuel de Maistre, CEO and Co-founder of Redbird. Since its establishment in 2012, Redbird has become an industry leader and pioneer in the acquisition and analysis of aerial data collected by UAVs. Redbird is an information provider, developing innovative solutions to drive productivity and secure operations. It develops technology designed to fit specific industry requirements and offers services within three business units: Geospatial, Agribusiness and Network Supervision. Redbird’s services include quarry monitoring, public works monitoring, oil & gas monitoring, agricultural research and agricultural disease diagnosis, amongst many others
Ocean Data Systems (ODS), the technology leader in automated reporting and corporate dashboards for industry, announced that Dream Report version 4.64 is now available. This release is primarily focused on OEM partner enhancements for Schneider Electric, GE Intelligent Platforms, Mitsubishi and Yokogawa, but it also delivers feature and productivity enhancements to benefit all existing customers.
Sustaining infrastructure requires good design, construction and handover, but ultimately, it’s the operating context and the inspection and asset care program that dictate how well an asset will perform over its lifetime and how long it will last. Know what the latest breakthrough in technology for maintenance inspections is? Drones!
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When one thinks of drones, images of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) in military situations typically come to mind. The technology of these unarmed aircraft, such as camera feeds, GPS and vertical landing system equipment, creates opportunities to use them in practical maintenance applications, such as inspections of hard to reach and/or cost prohibitive to reach valuable assets.
Drones are a game changer and hold vast potential for streamlining and reducing the cost of inspection and monitoring tasks associated with reliability and asset performance.
Petrotechnics, the leading provider of enterprise operations excellence management software solutions, is proud to announce it was recognized by CIO Review as a 2015 “Most Promising Enterprise Risk Management Solution Provider” for its Proscient solution. Petrotechnics’ recognition is based on the evaluation of its proven Integrated Operational Risk Management solution.
Reliabilityweb.com® and Uptime® Magazine announce the winners of the Solution Awards to be presented at the 2015 Solutions 2.0 - Innovations in Asset Management Conference.
Asset management plans form the cornerstone of an effective asset management system. The recently released ISO55000 series of standards for asset management clearly defines the importance of asset management plans (AMPs) by indicating that they provide the road map for achieving value from physical assets by optimizing cost, risk and performance across the asset’s lifecycle. AMPs define the implementation activities necessary to realize an organization’s asset management objectives, which translate the strategic intent of the company. The relationship and interdependencies of asset management policy, strategy, objectives and planning to achieve those objectives clearly demonstrate how important organizational alignment is to the creation of asset management plans.
New Zealand dairy exporter reveals best practices for optimizing operations, maintaining assets and infrastructure, and managing materials, resources and logistics.
NASA has selected prime contractor Jacobs Technology, Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide facilities maintenance support services at the agency’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. This procurement was conducted as a full and open competition.
Organizations that have reached the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) level of performance already have a methodology to assess the effectiveness of their PMs on a regular basis. PMs are
AssetOptics, a leader in cloud-based CMMS/EAM solutions, today announced that California fresh produce provider Foxy Produce has chosen AssetOptics Facilities, Equipment and Fleet Maintenance for Salesforce to help it address maintenance scheduling, management and compliance for the equipment in its distribution centers. Using AssetOptics, Foxy Produce has deployed a mobilized workflow solution that integrates maintenance functions across all of its distribution centers. The deployment has helped the company to meet or exceed its compliance goals in the tightly regulated produce industry.
Uptime Magazine recently caught up with Scott Morris, Associate Director at Genzyme, A Sanofi Company. Mr. Morris played a critical role in the development of the ISO55000 standards. Uptime had the opportunity to sit down with Scott and dive deeper into his role and involvement in the development of ISO55000 and other related standards.
Emerson Process Management’s AMS Suite: IntelligentDevice Manager version 13.0 software enables customers to configure HART devices in bulk, saving time and reducing errors. Managing wireless networks is also easier as users can expand wireless networks faster and with more built-in reliability.
CHAMPS Software, Inc. and Hersheypark are moving forward on the deployment of a new mobile ride inspection module that will ultimately be a core feature of the CHAMPS Mobile Enterprise Asset Management solution.