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THE FABRIC OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Dwaine Plauche, Senior Manager, AspenTech Inmation, advocates the case for an Industrial Data Fabric, which helps maximise productivity and enhance resilience and innovation
ndustrial companies today face the challenge of handling immense and diverse data streams generated by their operations. Statista estimates that by 2025, the amount of data created, consumed, copied, and stored will exceed 180 zettabytes. In comparison, the total data generated and consumed in 2020 was 64.2 zettabytes. The challenge, however, lies not simply in the sheer volume of data but also in its dispersal across different systems and formats.
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quick adaptation and innovation, supporting the seamless scaling of digital initiatives around the world and ensuring consistent data management at the edge, on-premise, or in the cloud.
Fragmented data across different systems creates silos, hindering operations managers, IT teams, and executives from aligning production requirements with digital transformation objectives. This lack of cohesion holds organisations back from fully leveraging their data to drive productivity, resilience, and innovation.
To tackle this, industrial businesses need integrated data fabric solutions that deliver a cohesive and unified view of data, regardless of location or source. This approach breaks down silos and supports seamless data flow, thus fostering better collaboration and more accurate decision- making.
Integrated systems can effortlessly incorporate new data sources and applications, enabling organisations to enhance their data landscape continuously and capture more insights. This, in turn, eliminates the requirement to manage multiple data flows, enabling a robust data foundation for scalable operations across various sites.
Gauging the benefits
A data fabric approach like the one outlined above brings multiple benefits to organisations as they implement digital transformation strategies. From the outset, organisations can streamline processes, reduce costs, and speed up the deployment of digital applications. This helps develop
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By adopting comprehensive industrial data infrastructure solutions, businesses can optimise productivity, strengthen operational resilience, and drive continuous innovation. Key to this is the ability to connect people, machinery, plants, logistics, and applications to support better communication and collaboration.
brings multiple benefits to organisations as they implement digital
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The approach helps drive the development of real-time, scalable solutions with enterprise historian capabilities that can integrate data without disrupting production systems. Such solutions should stream data securely, contextualising and transforming it in order to ready it for use across all organisational levels, from plant maintenance to the executive suite, and making sure decision-makers have access to actionable information anytime, anywhere, and on any device.
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If they get their strategy correct, businesses are likely to see escalating rewards over time. Successfully implementing a data fabric will become a competitive advantage for organisations.
A data fabric approach
Critical to successful implementation though is knowledge of the unique needs of OT data. Understanding assets is critically important for optimising performance, and a centralised data management system can generate asset models that provide insights into health, utilisation, and maintenance requirements. Efficient data archiving supports historical data availability for compliance, troubleshooting, and predictive analytics. However, transforming raw data into actionable insights is where added value lies for most industrial organisations, with advanced analytics facilitating predictive maintenance and anomaly detection and empowering stakeholders to make informed decisions.
Staying competitive
In an age where data is a critical asset, the effective management and integration of industrial data is more crucial than ever. An Industrial data fabric provides a clear path to operational excellence by enabling businesses to maximise productivity, enhance resilience, and foster continuous innovation. By adopting this integrated approach, industrial organisations can safeguard their operations against future challenges, ensuring they stay competitive in an ever-evolving digital environment. By concentrating on these foundational elements, industrial companies can unlock the untapped potential within their data, setting the stage for a future where data- driven strategies lead to sustained growth and innovation. In today's competitive market, the ability to effectively harness and utilise data is not just an advantage—it is essential for long-term success and survival.
AspenTech
www.aspentech.com
In an age where data is a critical asset, the effective management and integration of industrial data is more crucial than ever
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