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Insight-Driven Strategy with IoT | Eigen Innovations’ Scott Everett

IoT For All Podcast · 30 Nov 2021 · 25m

What this episode covers

Scott Everett, Co-Founder and CEO of Eigen Innovations, explains how his company uses industrial vision systems and AI to transform manufacturing quality control from reactive, destructive testing to proactive, insight-driven decision-making. He argues that while IoT infrastructure for data capture is mature, the industry struggles with 'insight architecture,' requiring contextualized data to provide explainable stories that empower non-technical operators to make real-time adjustments. Everett highlights specific applications in the automotive sector, such as ensuring the hermetic seal of vehicle headlights, where 100% inline inspection replaces random sampling to achieve zero-defect manufacturing.

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companies scaling up

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Eigen Innovations, Toyota, Simon IoT
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Eigen.io, University of New Brunswick

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