Bay Cities (CONT’D FROM PAGE 26)
Machine operators become owners of the process; they can see if they are running at speed and hitting con- tribution. They are incentivized to run at speed. Additionally, digital twins (virtual representations of an object or system designed to reflect a physical object ac- curately) become easier, which allows for predictive main- tenance and elimination of downtime. Tucker feels the most important consideration and agent of change will be the ability for clients to access a converter’s system direct- ly, without any interactions with salespeople or any other company representatives. As for the major roadblocks to advancement, Tucker feels the most crucial is that of security. “When you’re opening up these databases using edge equipment, using MQTT, which is a very, very loose soft- ware system, if you’re not clamped down and secure, it’s very easily stolen. It’s very easily hacked. “Also, what about you screwing something up, pulling read-out, read-in information into that PLC and ruining your piece of equipment? “And how many different pieces of equipment do we have in our facilities and where are they all made? Some in Korea, some in China, some in Bulgaria, some in South America, some parts made in one country and assembled in another. “These are the challenges that we’re running into, but they’ll be overcome. Bay Cities is getting it done.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 30
is to store all forms of structured and unstructured data at any scale. Unlike a data warehouse, which stores data in a structured manner, the data in a data lake is kept in its natural raw state, without the need to first structure or transform it.
Suppliers of data lakes include huge players such as IBM, Oracle, Google Cloud, Azure and AWS, but smaller companies, such as Databricks, Cloudera and Snowflake (which recently had one of the largest IPOs in history) are growing fast. The decision for Bay Cities to use a data lake revolves around the central premise of having access to real-time data to make immediate decisions based upon being able to see what is happening across the company’s whole enterprise.
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICE PACKAGES AVAILABLE
Providing comprehensive maintenance and support for your facility over a one-year period. Planned visits by a technician are covered for travel expenses, accommodation, and labor*. *Contact us for more information.
4598 State Road 37 Mitchell, IN 47446 446 E 131st St. Cleveland, OH 44108
Tel 812-558-7965 Fax 812-954-0648 www.INNOVEYANCE.com
28
www.boardconvertingnews.com 1/29/24 1:08 PM
June 3, 2024 0586-001-Innoveyance-BCN-20240118-HalfHoriz.indd 1
Made with FlippingBook Annual report maker