Cofounder Doreen Jacobi spoke with several of our customers about the revolution AI is bringing to incident management. Artificial Intelligence has seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, often in ways we barely notice. But what does that actually mean for...
The renowned German manufacturing magazine "Factory Innovation" recently conducted a comprehensive practical test on four leading alarm notification software for industrial manufacturing in their latest issue (01/23). The four alarming systems that were evaluated...
When you send alerts, work orders or service requests to your workers in the field, on the shop floor or campus it is essential to provide them with all relevant information necessary to solve the task. This prevents misunderstandings, avoids waste work, time for...
Handover procedures in operations and maintenance are a key element of business continuity. As work in this field is usually organized in shifts, it is essential to keep track of any critical incidents, machine breakdowns, job ownership, completion, issues that are...
The update of December 2018 adds great features for enriching Signls with additional information ('alert enrichment'). With "Services and Systems" categories, SIGNL4 already comes with an unique approach of categorizing alerts through colouring and acoustics, i.e. a...
Machines, pumps, valves, fire alert systems, temperature sensors, smoke detectors, etc. often do not offer IT integration. Instead, they provide simple analog cables to interface with dry contacts. Monitoring these I/O states and detecting abnormal behavior or...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become an exciting area of work. Businesses are rapidly adapting various IoT products whether they realize it or not. Thanks to the booming development of Internet of Things, users across industries can now easily monitor, trigger, and...
*This article was first published on Microsoft's Manufacturing Industry Blog on July 17, 2018. The fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, is happening today. Recent progress in manufacturing automation requires fewer individuals on a shop floor to do manual work...
Urgent breakdown maintenance calls are a common scenario on a shop floor, e.g. in manufacturing or logistics. Response is a critical matter as equipment breakdowns bring your operations to a grinding halt. When a machine breaks down or malfunctions, a maintenance...
IoT platforms such as Cumulocity by Software AG are a crucial part in a proper "Industry 4.0" implementation. The Deutsche Telekom AG is using Cumulocity for their new IoT products like "Predictive Maintenance" and the "Cloud der Dinge Starterkit". They are used to...