PLANT MANAGEMENT
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ccording to Howard Bedford, chief commercial officer at Locasys, the process industry is on the
cusp of a revolution in terms of plant management. And Bedford believes that his firm’s technical solution will be the enabler for this transformation. “The benefits of location
awareness and auto-identification at the enterprise level continue to
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grow as the integration of analytical and visualisation software tools, maps and navigation applications enhance the power of real-time location service- (RTLS) based solutions and make on-site location intelligence commonplace,” states Bedford, who refers to a 2015 report from MarketsandMarkets that suggests the global indoor location market is forecast to grow from US$935.05 million in 2014 to over US$4,424
Louise Smyth meets the man behind an innovative real-time location solution designed to improve productivity and safety in process facilities
million by 2019, at an estimated CAGR of 36.5% during the period. At a personal level, Bedford
fully understands the deployment requirements in process environments; he is a chartered engineer with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration. Prior to joining Locasys, his commercial experience featured over 30 years in senior sales, engineering and management positions.
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