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Digitalization brings valuable new functions that make use of the data that probably already existed on the production line but was stranded in disparate systems.

www.eetasia.com, Dec. 28, 2021 – 

There is certainly a buzz around the idea of digitalization–for its ability to deliver the benefits offered by greater visualization and analysis of data and to gain a greater understanding of the root causes of unexpected downtime and production bottlenecks. But what are the options, and how can they best be employed?

One benefit of digitalization–in addition to offering greater connectivity of devices at plant level–is its potential to escalate data to other systems and to make it possible to monitor plants remotely, in more depth, and over wider distances and longer periods than has been possible in the past.

Manufacturing traceability, for example, would traditionally have been achieved via paper-based batch recording, while product-level traceability would not have been achievable without digital technology. Predictive maintenance could be achieved but only via periodic monitoring of devices.

So digitalization brings with it a host of valuable new functions that make use of the data that probably already existed on the production line but was stranded in disparate systems.

At its most simplistic, digitalization is about integrating devices to gain information about them that helps rectify problems. However, the potential goes much further, and the benefits of digitizing will be widespread, right across an enterprise. Visualization, for example, can give greater insight into how productive and efficient the entire manufacturing plant is.

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