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RESILIENCE IS KEY FOR RELIABILITY STRATEGIES IN 2023
years, but are finally starting to see some stability in their operating environment. While this stability is welcome, the key for most reliability and maintenance organisations as we head into the new year is resilience - having the strength and flexibility to weather the constant changes that have become the norm. We see resilience taking many different forms in 2023, but the common trend seen in organisations is to use technologies to provide insights that improve operational reliability.
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RESILIENCE POWERED BY AI We are seeing an increased need for businesses to proactively monitor a broader set of assets in order to achieve their overall plant reliability objectives. Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) coupled with IIoT sensing technologies are one mechanism for organisations to expand their asset coverage. AI and ML systems are already processing huge amounts of data in real time, describing what is going on, predicting asset faults, and even prescribing
rganisations have been dealing with a myriad of uncertainties affecting their business
operations over the past few
actions that need to be taken in order to solve issues at the earliest opportunity. What we are not seeing is AI totally replacing experts in the plant - evidence of what you might call the resilience of expertise. Whilst many predict fully automated processes in the future, we note that although AI may highlight an issue or condition that needs attention, ultimately there is still a human who is signing off on it before a work request is created. We expect to see more of this mixed model approach, where customers still employ the human expertise, but the experts can use AI to make themselves more efficient.
CLOUD ADOPTION
Cloud adoption is not new - it has been a constant for many years - but it is an ongoing trend that is being utilised effectively by small and medium enterprises, especially those with multiple sites. As managers struggle to get IT support to deploy solutions, cloud technologies have been easier for them to implement in a facility without having to engage their IT department in a large-scale project. If you are a maintenance engineer who has been tasked with improving the reliability of assets, deploying a cloud-based solution
By Aaron Merkin, chief technology officer for Fluke Reliability
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February 2023 Instrumentation Monthly
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