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Leverage your manufacturing data to transform how you produce products and operate your business. Take advantage of the immediate insight gleaned from data you’re already collecting from sensors, SCADA systems, PLCs, process historians and more to enhance quality, ensure safety, lower production costs, increase profitability and gain a competitive edge.

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MAKE YOUR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS BETTER, FASTER AND STRONGER

The importance of

leveraging

manufacturing data has

the potential to

transform how we

produce products and

operate businesses. Data

collection and analysis

presents significant

challenges for

manufacturers as the

amount and

complexity of data that

is produced is immense.

ADVANCED ANALYTICS PROPEL THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY FORWARDManufacturers no longer have the luxury of being anything but data-driven. Data used to be something to simply maintain and manage but now, as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connects sensors, PLCs, SCADA systems, process historians and other de-vices, the data produced has become a valuable asset that manufacturing companies use to glean actionable intelligence and gain a competitive edge.

With change happening at the speed of light, one ponders if manufacturers are pre-pared to take advantage of the massive amounts of data that is available, and, more importantly, how are they using that data to really take advantage of the power IIoT delivers? It is important to consider because those companies that understand the pat-terns and trends within the data will position themselves to prepare for the impend-ing advances IIoT brings and will most certainly gain a competitive edge in the global marketplace.

ADVANCED ANALYTICS SYSTEMS THAT SYNTHESIZE IIOT DATA WILL PRODUCE MANUFACTURING “A-HA” MOMENTSWhen posing the question of how manufacturing companies are preparing for IIoT, many manufacturing operations leaders struggle to fully comprehend the impact that it will have on daily operations and long term business plans. IIoT is changing the entire manner in which manufacturing companies operate, similar to what the manufacturing industry experienced during the initial implementations of automation. As a result, manufacturing leaders seek to develop IIoT strategies that position their companies to take advantage of new opportunities to streamline efficiencies, reduce downtime and stimulate profitability both in the short and long term.

While some progressive manufacturers see where the industry is headed, many are only at the starting gate of the next wave of innovation fueled by IIoT applications and solutions. The vast amounts of data being collected during the manufacturing process also has some manufacturers overwhelmed. With so much data readily available, many manufacturers are wondering how to start synthesizing IIoT data in a thoughtful man-ner. Many manufacturers are taking a very close look at the data they want to collect and how they will use the information to reduce operational costs, optimize asset utili-zation, improve worker productivity, enhance workplace safety, enhance the customer experience and create new business models and revenue streams.

With ever-increasing amounts of data being captured and analyzed, manufacturers that utilize advanced analytics tools have an opportunity to take advantage of the

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immediate insight gleaned. While that may seem as though it is not an easy task, by adding advanced analytics solutions now, manufactur-ers are experiencing more “a-ha” moments as they produce insights previously clouded by uncertainty or that were considered unattainable due to limited resources and time constraints.

Advanced analytics platforms enable manufacturers to gather the right data, at the right time which can be leveraged to make well-informed, and more importantly, proactive business decisions. These tools synthesize vast quantities of data and provide more insight enabling manufacturers to develop a major engine to identify and create new products, services and profit centers all while simultaneously improving production efficiency, reducing costs, preventing downtime, ensuring quality and enhancing their overall ability to strategically plan business operations.

Some manufacturers realize the importance of leveraging manufacturing data to proactively position themselves for the future and are al-ready working with advanced analytics solution providers. By simultaneously collecting and correlating thousands of data points, advanced analytics solution providers help manufacturers realize a higher level of insight than thought possible. These solutions are paving the way for manufacturers to take full advantage of the power of IIoT and enable engineers to quickly make process improvements which can improve quality and reduce costs.

ADVANCED ANALYTICS TOOLS OFFER SOLUTIONS The most notable obstacles IIoT creates for manufacturers are: data management, cybersecurity and aligning data analysis with business strategies. These areas will be critical for the manufacturer to address as it affects the future competitiveness of the company. While IIoT

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Advanced analytics enable manufacturers

to gather the right data, at the right time to make

well-informed, proactive business decisions - FAST!


With ever-increasing

amounts of data being

captured and analyzed,

manufacturers that

use Sightline’s

IIoT EDM have the

opportunity to take

advantage of the

immediate insight

gleaned to enhance

quality, ensure safety,

lower production costs,

increase profitability and

gain a competitive edge.

produced obstacles, advanced analytics and performance monitoring tools offer solu-tions.

As the amount of unstructured data generated by manufacturing devices, SCADA system and sensors increases, an intricate infrastructure that can handle the massive amounts of information being collected and also ensures that mission-critical plant infrastructure systems are always up and running is absolutely critical. Manufacturers most certainly will need to use advanced performance monitoring services to ensure systems are always operating in order to optimize IT performance, reduce operational issues and automate capacity planning.

While manufacturers keep their eyes on data infrastructure stability, they will also need to simultaneously focus on cybersecurity. With all of the positives that IIoT brings, one thing is certain, the plant must have safe and secure systems in place, otherwise, all could be lost. Adding more sensors, devices and applications only increases the risk of a “day at the breach.” Manufacturers must strike a balance between adding devices, ensuring security and protecting the integrity of the data. It is important for manufacturers to implement performance monitoring systems that can quickly identify potential security breaches in order to reduce the risk of a cyberattack.

Manufacturers must also take a more holistic view of the entire company to better understand how one part of the operation affects other areas in order to take advan-tage of enormous opportunities for improvement and to proactively gain the competi-tive edge. IT and OT must come together to align the data collection efforts with long term business strategies. The IT and OT teams must address an important series of questions such as: “What data is the most valuable to collect?”, “What systems require enhancement?”, “How will the data will help us realize opportunities?” and “How do we gauge the full impact of IIoT changes within and outside the company?”

MOVING FORWARDIIoT is definitely changing the landscape of the manufacturing industry as we know it. Manufacturers that use advanced analytics solutions to read the trends and under-stand data patterns and begin to lay the foundation now to proactively take advantage of the technological advances that IIoT delivers will be poised to remain viable in the global marketplace for decades to come. At the end of the day, IIoT data provides the industry with answers to its most pressing manufacturing problems. The data will help manufacturing companies capitalize on strengths, realize opportunities to become more customer-centric and create an efficient means to drive growth, profitability and long term stability.


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SIGHTLINE SYSTEMS IIOT EDMSightline Systems Enterprise Data Management for Manufacturing, IIoT EDM, is helping industrial and manufacturing customers achieve busi-ness transformation. The newest release of Sightline’s award winning platform for managing the continuous streams of time series data has broken new barriers, collecting in real time millisecond observations. This breakthrough technology is providing the IIoT marketplace access to data which was previously unavailable. Sightline Systems, a real-time operations intelligence solution company focused on enhancing end-to-end analytics and systems monitoring, announces that its proprietary EDM tool offers unseen precision in the marketplace.

Sightline IIoT EDM users can easily capture, monitor and visualize data streams from their manufacturing environments. The manufacturing industry is constantly looking for ways to improve quality and reduce the costs of operations to remain competitive. SCADA systems have for many years provided visibility into their operations but the data was frequently summarized due to the volume of data produced. The state of the art Sightline EDM software has removed these barriers and can store millisecond level data in real time and preserve the data for future analysis and planning tasks.

The Sightline EDM platform helps users manage the continuous stream of time series data. Successful companies are leveraging the advanced data and analytics from EDM to ensure system-wide performance. Whether they seek to improve customer experiences, catch product flaws before repairs or replacements are needed, or increase safety, these systems also provide IT and OT professionals in many industries such as manufacturing, financial services, and telecommunications with previously untapped views into how their businesses operate.

Put some muscle behind the analytics

you’re already collecting to improve accuracy,

reduce costs and gain the competitive edge.

BETTER MONITORING

• Collect data from almost any device or sensor

• Be alerted to issues that could affect your business

• Visualize all of your business data in one dashboard

• Reduce costs and replace multiple monitoring tools with one single solution

• Holistically supervise machines, sensors, process historians, applications, PLCs, etc.

FASTER TREND ANALYSIS

• Eliminate waste by under-scoring trends, data and patterns that are affecting efficiency

• Find the needle in the haystack by performing root-cause, multi-system analysis

• View Real-Time data , with industry leading sub-second analytics

STRONGER PERFORMANCE

• Blend performance, measurement, efficiency and com-pliance

• Forecast future behavior easily with Self-service reports and Quick Charts

WHAT IIOT EDM CAN DO FOR YOU


Get up to the minute reports on the health of your manufacturing operations

Data is correlated in seconds enabling faster insight

IIoT EDM quickly identifies anomalies to prevent costly downtime

IIoT EDM Works for ManufacturingIIoT EDM provides a single interface that aggregates thousands of data points in real-time from various devices, sensors, historians and more. EDM manages a data repository and archive of performance data. Data summarization is performed automatically as the data is collected, so the data is available when you need it, where you need it.

Configuration and management for all IIoT EDM can be performed from the EDM console. With EDM, you no longer need direct access to the system to view log files or restart. IIoT EDM also provides central alerting capabilities. As the data is collected, user-configured alerts are evaluated and predetermined actions are taken. IIoT EDM will send an email, execute a command or send an SNMP trap to a third-party framework. The possibilities are endless.

The data collected and stored by EDM is available for analysis. EDM uses expressions or rules to search for specified data and examines certain condition sets that suggest potential service level disruptions. When any defined condition set becomes true, EDM produces a group of reports describing the activity and highlights potential performance problems.


SIGHTLINE DELIVERS ROI

Faster Analysis Means Faster Return on Your Investment.

With IIoT EDM, you’ll experience:

• Improved Operational Efficiency

• Faster Response Time

• Visibility in Real Time

• Improved Supply Chain Reaction Times

• A Unified, Single Face to Present to Your Team and Your Customers

• Increased Margins and Higher Profitability


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SIGHTLINE PRODUCES RESULTS Sightline has saved manufacturing icompanies significan amounts of time and money and enabled them make well-informed decisions to make their operations run better, faster and stronger than ever before. Here are some examples of how Sightline has saved the day! • A Global Chemical Company - Sightline analysis identified shared process which impacted quality when concurrently running.

Adjustments saved over $100,000 / month in material costs.

• An Automobile Manufacturer - Sightline was able to identify an issue with a painting line and reason for higher blemishes on a certain day. Identification of a simple issue has saved them more than $2M / year so far. In addition, Sightline is now used in another area of the plant which was able to identify a slowing production line. The issue was caused by hydraulic fatigue in a metal press as the day proceeded, which slowed the manufacturing process.

• An International Electronics Company - Is rolling out our solution to their worldwide manufacturing facilities. They want to improve engineering and leverage improvements across all plants. Using a Sightline instance in every facility, the data is correlated in the corporate headquarters for review and improvement.

ABOUT SIGHTLINE SYSTEMS Sightline Systems offers a real-time operations intelligence solution focused on analytics. Sightline’s powerful analytics go beyond point-in-time data to include over time and real-time trend analysis, with abnormal behaviors or events dynamically communicated for appropriate actions. For the last 12 years, Sightline has reported a 95% renewal rate from customers that include Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies in manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, travel, retail as well as federal, state and local governments.

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