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Digital Transformation in Smart Factory Settings | MachineMetrics's Dave Westrom

IoT For All Podcast · 13 Sept 2021 · 39m

What this episode covers

Dave Westrom, VP of Business Development at MachineMetrics, discusses the company's industrial IoT platform designed to help discrete manufacturers achieve digital transformation. He explains how MachineMetrics automates data contextualization to provide real-time visibility into machine utilization, OEE, and cycle times, often revealing that actual performance is significantly lower than perceived baselines. Westrom highlights use cases ranging from 15-20% utilization improvements in high-volume plants to optimized pricing in high-mix environments, and notes the company's recent Series B funding to expand predictive maintenance capabilities using high-frequency control system data.

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companies scaling up

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Companies
MachineMetrics, ThingWorks, PTC, Lighthammer, SAP, ABB, General Electric, Wonderware, Schneider Electric, Taradine
Tools
Power BI, Tableau

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