Advantages of Predictive Maintenance Management in the Cloud.

Predictive analysis collects and analyzes real-time asset data to predict and prevent potential problems, alerting operators to operational issues in advance. Instead of shutting down equipment immediately, situations can be proactively assessed for the most convenient outcomes. Maintenance costs can be reduced due to better planning, more optimal and unhurried purchasing management, while the equipment can continue to operate.

Organizations that have incorporated predictive analysis into their maintenance strategy have experienced significant savings through early warning captures, have reduced maintenance costs by approximately 30%, improved workforce efficiency by 25%, and reduced unplanned downtime by 25%. Many directors see the clear value of predictive analytics based on the results obtained. Verdantix reported that 37% of the 259 operations, maintenance, engineering, and process safety managers they surveyed indicated a clear need to invest in software for asset failure prediction in 2021.

At Wonderware APM, we are clear that the implementation of predictive analytics does not have to be complicated. If you are looking to implement a predictive analytics strategy in an optimal and simple way, we can suggest that you consider an on-premise or cloud solution from our APM portfolio.

At Wonderware APM, and given the market trend of products positioning themselves in the cloud, we have been led to evaluate the advantages of a predictive solution in the cloud.

1. Touchless administration

There are several benefits to administering our solutions for implementing predictive analytics as a managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) application. For one, there is no need to install any software on client computers; simply leverage an Internet browser. Workers benefit from automatic and seamless updates without overburdening IT, as the service provider manages the software. As a result, no additional IT infrastructure or personnel are required as you scale your predictive analytics application up or down to meet your business needs.

2. Equipment agnostic

Predictive analytics software that is independent of the equipment. The software must be able to monitor assets regardless of equipment type, vendor, or asset age without the need for manufacturer-specific asset information. Our extensive asset strategy libraries contain numerous templates of the most commonly used asset types and components to deliver a higher quality asset strategy with less effort. This flexibility offers more insight than ever into the condition and performance of your equipment. Your predictive analytics solution will have the ability to quickly transform raw data into actionable insights to prevent equipment failures and make smart decisions that improve operations.

3. Scalable solution

Our predictive analytics system is highly scalable and can be used to monitor a single asset, a specific plant, or thousands of remote assets across multiple sites. It offers various types of predictive maintenance management through Condition Based Maintenance (CBM), guided analytics, or advanced analytics from a single platform. In addition, it allows you to obtain other functionalities from the same platform. A highly scalable solution allows you to scale up or down to adapt to business needs or economic conditions with the right tools at the right time.

4. Break down IT silos

Our predictive analytics solutions integrate data from a wide variety of data historians, control, and monitoring systems into a central location. Flexible integration of a variety of data sources eliminates IT silos so the organization can leverage all of its data to improve user engagement.

5. No programming required

Your organization does not require a data scientist or software programmer. Our solution is easy to use. It has an intuitive, graphics-based model building process that takes only minutes (instead of hours) to learn. No programming knowledge or equipment is required. No software code to maintain. A solution that includes a variety of templates and a database of known assets and conditions further streamlines the model building process, making it easy for users to create and maintain their own models.

6. Flexibility to expand your system

Our predictive analytics solution easily integrates its results with other business systems through web services and APIs. Solutions that are designed to be extensible take into consideration your needs and future growth by anticipating the need to add new functionality or exchange data with other systems.

7. Employee empowerment

The ability to securely view predictive analytics data in a browser or mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet, allows users to monitor the performance of critical assets on the go or from a remote location. Users can view and analyze data and alerts from their mobile device, anywhere and anytime, and follow up with prescriptive actions.

When predictive analytics are part of your maintenance strategy, workers know and understand the actual and expected performance for the current operating condition. They know where inefficiencies are and can use this information to understand the impact of performance deficiencies on current and future operations. This information helps assess the risk and potential consequences associated with each monitored asset and can be used to better prioritize operating and capital expenditures. How would you like to do it all from one platform?

Our INSIGHT Predictics Analytics solution is an industry leader and provides various predictive solutions and functionalities from a single platform. All of this through the service model (SaaS) if you opt for our cloud solution. It is very easy to set up, manage, and use without additional IT infrastructure or personnel. Predictive analytics in the cloud will allow you to quickly convert data found in new and existing industrial assets and processes into a real-time source of information to support your decision-making.

Enjoy seamless automatic updates and scalability for your business needs. Translate your data into intuitive charts and dashboards easily and simply. In short, facilitate faster and more accurate decision-making for all users, with up-to-date news, intelligence, and alerts through a unified Insight – Predictive Analytics platform.

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