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Another common mistake made when considering enclosures is putting too much focus on the lowest cost as opposed to total cost of ownership. End users often do not spend enough time thinking about the technology involved in the cabinet design and what it is housing.
Beth Stackpole on the importance of enclosure selection.
Aveva’s Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system automates maintenance planning and tracking activities on CF Industries’ nearly 50,000 asset entities, including vessels, pumps, rotating equipment, and electrical motors. As a result, CF Industries reports a potential revenue improvement of up to 5% using Aveva’s EAM technology, as well as a reduction in operating costs of up to 10%.
Jeanne Schweder on CF Industries’ use of Aveva’s EAM software to streamline operations.
In just a few years, Tasteful Selections has grown from 100 workers to close to 900. With this growth, the use of robotic palletizers have made a di erence in employee accidents and injuries. Previously, workers stacked 50-lb. boxes onto pallets up to 92 in. high, but now the robotic palletizers perform that task.
Aaron Hand on how Tasteful Selections is incorporating robots into its operations.
During the company’s investigation of new software systems for its test labs, engineers and management changed their way of thinking about the kind of software they needed. They realized that if they thought about their testing operations as manufacturing operations—rather than a separate function—they could use the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform the company already used to manage its wheel and wheel-end manufacturing and distribution operations.
David Greenfi eld on the extension of MES software into Accuride’s test labs.
Anheuser-Busch is willing to give machine builders more remote access, even though doing so is a challenge due to IT team security risk restrictions. The move toward giving OEMs remote access to equipment is something the company, together with technology partners, must fi gure out how to do safely as business continues to grow.
