Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making

What we find too often in the manufacturing industry is things described only in terms of greenfield deployments. These are unrealistic and expensive descriptions of shiny new factories containing the latest and greatest industrial-internet-of-things (IIoT) technologies trying to deliver transformational changes to their production. This is not an obtainable reality for most businesses.

As the years go by and the world becomes more and more advanced, it can be tough for businesses to continue to access their data manually. Investing in a good data governance service, like Collibra data governance, could help organize, understand and find data more effectively. We at, Advanced Technology Services, conducted a study where we talked to industry leaders about the challenges they’re facing today.

More than half of the respondents in our study expect to use a combination of external partners with in-house collection and analysis to gain insights from their data in the next one to three years. Selecting an expert partner for industrial maintenance that fills the gaps at the manufacturing facilities is critical to extending the life of machinery assets. Partners can provide key benefits that directly address the challenges previously shared. They can reduce dependence on localized skill sets, drive improved machine reliability and control maintenance spending, offer increased visibility and value into maintenance costs, and offer centralized data analysis expertise and business intelligence to industry-specific equipment. Perhaps you might want to look at this site to find out more information.

In the next one to three years, nearly three-quarters of respondents anticipate that their firms will retrofit 20% or more of their equipment with remote or IIoT sensors. They expect these sensors to have significant benefits to their business, such as improving equipment effectiveness, innovating new digital products and services, providing strong data governance, and enabling predictive maintenance technologies to collect the insights needed to make data-driven decisions, thereby enabling predictable capacity.

With a shocking 79% of respondents saying that the use of emerging technologies and data insights puts them ahead of the competition, is it time for your business to innovate and get ahead of the game?

David Robertson