Ectobox Industrial Intelligence Solutions

06/26/2023

This Thursday!

Building a UNS Pt.4: Integrating Maintenance Work Orders with MaintainX

Automating business processes and decisions is a massive part of the value of digital transformations.

We’ll show you the technical details of how to automate the process of generating a maintenance work order and get updates from maintenance to the operator, all using the Unified Namespace.

As part of this process, we’ll showcase how the MaintainX CMMS is very UNS-friendly and a great product to work with.

We've got a virtual seat waiting for you, lock in your spot today!

06/20/2023

The Hidden Factory...

Manufacturers need access to more data across their organizations. So much of that data is trapped in the “hidden factory”

PLCs, and more where they produce data daily but can’t access it. Data is also trapped in disconnected siloed software systems, paper documents, and spreadsheets.

Manufacturers need real-time visibility into what’s happening within the factory floor, across the organization, and ultimately up and down the entire supply chain to increase productivity, remain competitive, and keep up with customer demands.

Where better to start getting that data than directly from the factory floor?

Manufacturing technology has progressed sufficiently to support this with a fraction of the investment that may have been required some years ago.

Unlock your hidden factory, and see how leveraging your own data will help you get more orders out the door and to your customers much quicker.

06/12/2023

Bringing Industry 4.0 to Pharma

The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is undergoing a digital transformation driven by emerging technologies and the need for increased efficiency and innovation.

Pharma 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution in pharmaceutical manufacturing holds immense potential to revolutionize drug development, production, and distribution.

At the core of this transformation is the recognition that data has become "the new currency" in the pharmaceutical manufacturing landscape.

This article explores the importance of data in Pharma 4.0 and its role in reshaping the industry.

Check out the latest article on the Ectobox blog!

The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is undergoing a digital transformation driven by emerging technologies and the need for increased efficiency and innovation. Known as Pharma 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution in pharmaceutical manufacturing holds immense potential to revolutionize drug d...

05/25/2023

One Reason Why Digital Transformations Fail...

Wrong Partners.

This topic has come up frequently in our recent conversations at Ectobox, especially when talking about large consulting and engineering firms.

Consulting and engineering firms are service firms...they trade hours for dollars.

If they are customer-focused then they will not only give the manufacturer the net, they will also teach them how to fish, and define when they're not needed anymore.

Unfortunately, there are firms out there that will be happy to continue selling fish forever, even if the manufacturer wants to and can learn how to fish.

They are self-focused, not customer-focused.

A good partner or solution provider should lead, strategize, guide, do, show, teach, and then eventually let the manufacturer take over the solution.

05/11/2023

What really is the "Unified Namespace?"

Here's a quick video with everything you need to know, in about 10 minutes:

- What it is
- The true value
- The current state of most manufacturers without the UNS

The video is linked below!

We get into more details regarding connecting the Unified Namespace, using data brokers, setting up your UNS and so much more in our other videos. Please che...

05/02/2023

Building a UNS Pt.3: Integrating our Ignition MES

You’ve heard about the Unified Namespace (UNS) and probably wondered if it was for real and if it was valuable.

In our second webinar on building our UNS, we showed the details of how it works so you could quickly understand the power of the UNS.

In the 1st webinar of this series, we modeled our equipment and planned our Unified Namespace (UNS).

In this webinar- we’ll integrate our Ignition MES, and get data into and out of the UNS.

Register below and watch live as we teach you how to architect a UNS and leverage real-time data!

Building a UNS Pt.3: Integrating our Ignition MESYou’ve heard about the Unified Namespace (UNS) and probably wondered if it was for real and if it was valuable.In our second webinar on building our UNS, we showed the details of how it works so you could quickly understand the power of the UNS.In t...

04/25/2023

Should I Care about Industry 4.0 and Why?

The fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 has been put out here as a panacea, the next easy button in the manufacturing industry.

To achieve digital smart factories, better production processes, better manufacturing efficiency, increase throughput, leverage automated decision-making, and more.

However, what we’ve all seen is a whole lot of hype and limited results.

Let’s cut through the hype.

Let's take a quick look at some of the definitions out there, talk about what is at the core of those definitions, and get to what part of Industry 4.0 you should care about, why, and how it helps you solve challenges and accomplish your business goals.

Check it out, in our latest article on the Ectobox blog-

The fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 has been put out here as a panacea, the next easy button in the manufacturing industry to achieve digital smart factories, better production processes, better manufacturing efficiency, increase throughput, leverage automated decision-making, and more....

04/18/2023

Watch Kevin Jones, David Schultz, and Frank Galuska Integrate a custom Ignition MES to our Unified Namespace live on May 4th.

We’ll use Ignitions Perspective and Vision tools to visualize the data-

showing you how simple and easy it is to connect to the UNS for subscribing to and visualizing data from multiple sources.

This UNS we're building is coming together, and slowly becoming the single source of truth for all operations within the 4 walls of the plant floor in our evolving demo environment.

Do you think your manufacturing company could benefit from having access to reliable production data? save your spot at the link below!!

Building a UNS Pt.3: Integrating our Ignition MESYou’ve heard about the Unified Namespace (UNS) and probably wondered if it was for real and if it was valuable.In our second webinar on building our UNS, we showed the details of how it works so you could quickly understand the power of the UNS.In t...

04/04/2023

Does your company have a good way to analyze and report on ALL of your manufacturing data across the organization in business intelligence platforms?

Often the answer is No. This is a big gap and most attempts to solve this problem come up short.

The Unified Analytics Framework (UAF) is an approach and architecture which addresses this problem.

It links with the Unified Namespace (UNS), connects the data silos, removes the need for custom coding, normalizes data for analysis, reduces data cleansing efforts, and more.

Jeff Knepper at Flow Software, Inc., and Kevin Jones, at Ectobox, Inc. will go through all aspects of the framework, from clearly defining the problem to a solution.

The value of these straightforward architectures is priceless when considering the value of context from across the plant for driving real-time awareness, finding patterns and correlations, and getting ready for AI and ML.

Sound interesting? We've got a virtual seat waiting for you on Wednesday, April 5th at 9am ET, register to lock in your spot today!

Register for this Upcoming Session on April 5th, 2023 at 9:00AM EDT

03/28/2023

Part 2... 🎬

In the 1st webinar of this series, we modeled our equipment and planned our Unified Namespace (UNS).

In this 2nd webinar- we'll connect to our equipment, finalize the model and UNS, connect to the machine, and get data into and out of the UNS.

We'll use Canary Labs as our process historian with its Axiom analysis tool to store and visualize the data, demonstrating how easy it is to connect to the UNS for subscribing to and storing data.

Ultimately you'll see how the UNS enables you to make data available to everyone in the plant with only a modest amount of work.

Sound interesting? We've got a virtual seat waiting for you on Thursday, March 30th at 12pm ET, save your spot today!

Register for this Upcoming Session on March 30th, 2023 at 12:00PM EDT

03/22/2023

How the UNS promotes simple scalability ▶️

03/17/2023

Unified Namespace use case for calculating OEE... possible because of the UNS data flow.