Use-cases that move the needle
- Predictive maintenance & asset health (compressors, pumps, gearboxes)
- Energy & utilities optimization (boilers, chillers, VFD tuning; IEEE-519 compliant harmonic plans)
- Process optimization & APC assist (soft sensors, MPC targeting)
- Quality analytics & traceability (SPC, genealogy)
- Computer vision (safety PPE checks, barcode/label verification, defect detection)
Architecture & governance
- Historians/SCADA/DCS integration (OPC UA, Modbus, PROFINET), edge inference
- MLOps, data catalog, and model governance; cybersecurity aligned to IEC 62443 / ISO 27001
- Change management: operator adoption, alerts KPIs, and SOPs
Step-by-step
- Value discovery (3–5 high-ROI use-cases with business cases)
- Data audit (tags, quality, gaps, historian latency)
- PoC (8–12 weeks, clear success criteria)
- Pilot at scale (one line/area with operator workflows)
- Rollout & MLOps (monitoring, drift, retraining, governance)
KPIs we commit to track
Unplanned downtime ↓, energy kWh/ton ↓, first-pass yield ↑, maintenance cost/MTBF ↑, alarms per hour within ISA-18.2 targets.
RFQ checklist
Pain points & target KPIs, data sources (historians/CMMS/ERP), security policies, integration endpoints, budget window, success criteria & timeline.